Northeast

Meghan Burke, co-winner of the Fred Johnson award from Northeast Women in Public Finance, oversees public finance at Boston’s Mintz Levin.

New Jersey senators Steve Sweeney, D-Gloucester, and Jim Whelan, D-Northfield are looking to expand the use of public-private partnerships statewide.

Carol Kostik, co-winner of the Freda Johnson award from Northeast Women in Public Finance, has managed more than $90 billion of New York City debt over 10 years.

How New York’s MTA communicated amid Hurricane Sandy could provide a digital-age blueprint for any transit crisis.

The recent $20 billion funding agreement for the long-stalled Gateway Hudson River tunnel will benefit the New York and New Jersey regional economies, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Standard & Poor’s revised its credit outlook on Massachusetts to negative from stable Nov. 23 citing a projected decline in financial reserves.

Regardless of how or when Pennsylvania settles its budget impasse, pension underfunding will probably linger, said one actuarial expert.

Veteran bond attorney Jeremy A. Spector has been named executive director and secretary of the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority (NJEFA).

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) has brought in a veteran New York City finance official to help the Long Island county iron out an acceptable 2016 budget plan.

Veronique ‘Ronnie’ Hakim returns as MTA New York City Transit president after 18 months as NJ Transit executive director.