Northeast

A judge has agreed to put Peter Cannava back into a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit that alleges the Wells Fargo banker aided and abetted the defrauding of investors in connection with a private placement by 38 Studios.

The offsetting tax cuts New Jersey lawmakers accepted to get Gov. Chris Christie to accept a gas tax increase for transportation are credit negative for state finances, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

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. .