Northeast

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have hiked the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 citing negative economic impacts from other municipalities that have enacted this plan.

Japan will contribute $2 million to study a $10 billion magnetic levitation rail line between Baltimore and Washington.

The New York Yankees intend to refinance more than $1 billion in tax-exempt revenue bonds issued to build their latest stadium.

The proposed $6.9 billion Port Covington development project in Baltimore would include the largest tax increment financing district in the city’s history and would be financed in part with $660 million of bonds backed by the increased property tax revenues.

New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Hitchcock Obligated Group received a one notch downgrade from one rating agency while another placed it on watch with negative implications.

Amtrak countersued the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority over $30 million for track maintenance between Boston and Rhode Island.

Fifty years ago, Rhode Island Health and Educational Building Corp. issued a $1.6 million bond for a now-defunct biblical school. Since then it has handled roughly $7.4 billion in debt.

A top New Jersey lawmaker is pressing Gov. Chris Christie to release details on a controversial 2011 tax settlement agreement forged between the Republican governor and Atlantic City casinos previously owned by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Maryland and Federal Transit Administration officials want a federal judge to restore funding for the $5.6 billion Purple Line light rail public-private partnership project that was shut down by court order in early August.

The closing of the Trump Taj Mahal will add to the thousands of hospitality industry jobs Atlantic City has already lost since 2014, according to the latest South Jersey Economic Review released by Stockton University.