Northeast

New Jersey tax collections are up 3.9% at the halfway point of the 2016 fiscal year, according to the State Department of Treasury.

Atlantic City’s casino operators lost 6.5% in revenue last year compared to 2014, according to figures New Jersey’s Division of Gaming Enforcement released on Jan. 13.

New Jersey’s proposed casino expansion into the northern part of the state is a potential credit negative for Atlantic City, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s call for New York City to pay much more toward the City University of New York system and Medicaid is a financial gut punch.

Andrew Cuomo proposed a $145.3 billion budget for the 2017 fiscal year and reiterated his call for transformative infrastructure initiatives in his State of the State speech.

Rhode Island Senate Finance Committee Chairman Daniel Da Ponte filed a bill that would require a limit for total bonded debt for state government, quasi-public and municipalities.

Massachusetts celebrates and Connecticut winces as General Electric announces plans to move its world headquarters to Boston.

Alex Doñé will take on additional duties at the New York City comptroller’s Bureau of Asset Management while Michael Haddad will join it.

A report critical of Gov. Gina Raimondo's plan to toll trucks on Rhode Island's interstate highways stems from a trucking industry agenda, says a Raimondo spokeswoman.

Three New Jersey Senators announced plans Tuesday to introduce legislation that would have the state assume management of Atlantic City’s troubled finances.