Northeast

Hartford, Conn., Mayor Luke Bronin called his city's four-notch downgrade to junk by Moody's "a sober assessment" of the city's fiscal state.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Timothy Reese expects to huddle with Wells Fargo representatives soon in light of the bank's fake-accounts scandal.

The planned shutdown of the L subway line through Brooklyn has spawned widespread calls in New York to spend capital dollars on alternative transportation.

Though Atlantic City has violated a term in a $73 million state bridge loan, New Jersey’s Local Finance Board won’t require the struggling city to immediately repay the debt.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, while dodging specifics, said he and legislative leaders are working on a local pension overhaul package.

Pennsylvania's local pension funding problem requires a comprehensive state-level fix, said state Auditor General Eugene DePasquale.

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is facing a probe from Pennsylvania’s auditor general following multiple sexual harassment allegations.

New York State is planning $3.46 billion of fourth quarter municipal bond issuance, led by a transaction by Empire State Development Corp. .

A House Democrat from Connecticut wants to use federal funds to construct a proposed $10 billion system of interstate highway tunnels in Hartford, Conn., that the state highway department deemed too expensive.

Maine voters are poised to approve additional borrowing for transportation projects on Election Day, according to recent polling.