Northeast

Maine Gov. Paul LePage signed a new budget early Tuesday, ending the state’s first government shutdown in 25 years.

New Jersey lawmakers forged a budget deal in the early hours of the Fourth of July that paved the way for a new law boosting the state’s underfunded pension system with lottery revenues.

Questions are swirling around who would "backstop" $71 million worth of bonds that the city of Pawtucket, the state of Rhode Island and the Pawtucket Red Sox would sell to finance a new baseball stadium in Pawtucket.

The Lackawanna County, Pa., administration expects to save $5.25 million by refinancing another $58.49 million of the county's debt.

New Jersey government is in shutdown mode for the first time in 11 years after Gov. Chris Christie and state lawmakers failed to reach agreements on a new budget before the close of the 2017 fiscal year Friday night.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage vowed to reject the legislature's bipartisan budget proposal.

A skeletal $32 billion fiscal 2018 Pennsylvania budget was scheduled to make its way through the Senate.

Barring a dramatic turn of events, Connecticut will miss its midnight budget deadline.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is preparing for a government shutdown amid a budget impasse with lawmakers.

Troubleshooter Joe Lhota, back as chair of New York's MTA, has no shortage of challenges.