Northeast

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie lashed out during his annual State of the State address at an amendment approved by Democratic lawmakers to require quarterly pension payments.

Gov. Gina Raimondo’s plan to impose highway tolls on trucks in Rhode Island is based on faulty revenue projections, said a trucking industry-commissioned study.

Gov. Gina Raimondo named Richard Culatta, a former senior advisor to former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, as Rhode Island’s first chief innovation officer.

Charles W. Hoppe, president of Long Island Rail Road from 1990 to 1994, died at age 80, officials from New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced.

New Jersey legislative leaders and Gov. Chris Christie reached an agreement Monday on a measure to expand casino gambling beyond Atlantic City.

Pennsylvania's interim budget reinforces the commonwealth's commitment to supporting full, timely payment of school district debt, Fitch Ratings says.

Former Rhode Island House finance committee chairman Steven Costantino is scheduled to testify before an oversight panel about his role in the passage of the job creation guaranty program that provided a $75 million loan to failed video game company 38 Studios.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is slated to sell $149 million of revenue bonds later this week to refund old debt.

David Friedfel, the former commissioner of management and budget for Albany County, N.Y., is the new director of state studies at the Citizens Budget Commission watchdog organization.

Winning the second annual Jim Lebenthal Infrastructure Champion Award is special for Dale Horowitz, who bonded with Lebenthal during their long municipal finance careers.