Northeast

Against a backdrop of chronic state budget strife, Jefferies will price the Commonwealth Financing Authority’s tobacco master settlement bonds this week.

Ohio businessman Dan Slane said his list of 50 emergency and national security projects is "going nowhere."

The "transformative" effect of landing the second Amazon headquarters is likely to help the economy of the winning government, according to S&P.

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.