Northeast

The increasing saturation of the Northeast market with casinos bodes poorly for states expecting tax windfalls, analysts said.

A task force wants New Jersey to issue $400 million of GO bonds to upgrade aging water systems.

Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday that it downgraded the city of Waterbury, Conn.’s outstanding general obligation debt to A2 from A1. The outlook remains stable.

First Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan put the price tag at $425 million over four years.

The deaths of people who ignored railroad crossing warning lights and barriers triggered new calls for state and federal regulators to strengthen railroad safety laws.

Gov. Charlie Baker's group will examine changes in technology, climate and demographics.

City officials intend to fight language that they say would put the city on the hook for emergency repairs by the state-run MTA.

The city's bond lawyer was not at the meeting and the board wasn't given a fiscal note saying how much the borrowing would actually cost.

Phil Murphy's audit mandate is described as the first step to restore the beleaguered mass transit agency’s finances and infrastructure.

The authority realized $534 million in present-value savings from those transactions in 2017, said finance director Patrick McCoy.