Northeast

Atlantic City’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget, with $35.3 million in cuts, is a step in the right direction for the distressed gambling hub, according to S&P Global Ratings.

ORANGE, Conn. -- Town voters said, "yes," at the polls Tuesday to securing bonding to finance $14.9 million for 14 capital improvements to schools, the police station, roads and town buildings.

A county court judge will hear a taxpayer challenge against Scranton, Pa.'s tripling of the local services tax

Straining to stay afloat, CPS will find out April 28 whether courts will intervene.

Administrative costs for locally run Massachusetts pension systems average at least three times those of state-run systems, a report says.

Greater Latrobe, Pa., School Board Tuesday approved a nearly $10 million bond issue to help finance construction of the district's new Latrobe Elementary School.

New Jersey is meeting expectations to maintain an A rating from Fitch.

The Wisconsin-based conduit got a BBB rating from Kroll Bond Rating Agency for $165 million of Series 2017 taxable revenue bonds payable solely from New York's Albert Einstein College of Medicine promissory notes and guaranteed by Montefiore Medical Center.

Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin's $613 million FY18 spending plan acknowledges a $50 million shortfall.

Business activity grew at a more subdued pace in New York State, according to firms responding to the April 2017 Empire State Manufacturing Survey.