Northeast

The elimination of private activity bonds “would throw gasoline on a housing shortage," said John Chiang, California's treasurer.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's advisors worry about the effect of eliminating advance refundings and private activity bonds.

Anthony Felice, Daniel Boyle, and John Martinko, all service-disabled veterans, will take over the day-to-day leadership of the company.

Faced with dueling bond proposals, Portland voters overwhelmingly decided to borrow $64.3 million to renovate Longfellow, Lyseth, Presumpscot and Reiche elementary schools in a plan that was backed by a majority of school board and City Council members.

Voters brought change to both the Atlantic City and New Jersey governments in Tuesday's election.

Democrat Scott Stringer earned a second term by trouncing Republican Michel Faulkner.

Bill de Blasio won a second term as New York City mayor after a boisterous four-way bout that ended as many had expected — in a landslide victory.

The negative fund balance once totaled $138 million.

A court ruling offers some financial relief to the distressed gambling hub, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Amid East Coast transit systems' overcrowding and strained capital budgets, advocates tout ferries as low-cost alternatives.