Northeast

Vice President Joseph Biden visited Rhode Island to trumpet the state’s sweeping $500 million bridge-and-road improvement plan.

The rating outlook for BBB-rated Providence, R.I. was lowered to stable from positive by S&P Global Ratings.

New Jersey would generate millions in annual new sales tax revenue if the state legalized marijuana, according to a report by New Jersey Policy Perspective and New Jersey United for Marijuana Reform.

The New Jersey Senate and Assembly passed a compromise rescue package that allows Atlantic City to avoid an immediate default by providing a bridge loan.

The Long Island Power Authority tapped Joseph Branca, Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s head of northeast public finance, as its new chief financial officer.

A state review panel’s approval of a five-year, $27 billion capital program was greeted enthusiastically by the board of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority t.

New York City anticipates higher projected tax revenues but widening outyear budget gaps, city Comptroller Scott Stringer tells the City Council.

Debt gone wild at the teetering Penn Hills, Pa., School District has raised the specter of criminal probes after a scathing report by Pennsylvania's state auditor.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's $27 billion capital program for 2015 to 2019 has received final approval from the New York State Capital Program Review Board.

New York City projects a $3.4 billion surplus for fiscal 2016 amid rising concerns for the near future, says state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.