Northeast

Investors looked past an S&P downgrade and a critical control board report as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority sold $357 million of sales tax bonds.

New York City’s securities industry may be positioned for a positive 2015 after a strong first half to the year, according to a Oct. 6 report released by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

Looking to break a budget impasse, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf proposed an increase in the personal sales tax and a levy on natural gas drilling.

A New Jersey Senate committee, inspired by a recent Maroon 5 concert, advanced a bill designed to help draw more entertainment to Atlantic City and other cities across the state.

Connecticut’s $840 million special tax obligation transportation bond sale included a record $442 million of retail orders, said state Treasurer Denise Nappier.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has submitted a revised amended financial recovery plan for the teetering Chester Upland School District.

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has broken ground on a new life sciences and engineering facility financed partly by the Garden State's $750 million Building Our Future Bond Act.

Pittsburgh’s state-appointed overseer is justified in withholding Pennsylvania gaming revenue by law, according to the agency’s executive director.

The granting of tribal reservation status to land in Taunton, Mass., where a $500 million tribal casino is planned, is a credit negative to southeastern Massachusetts where commercial casino plans could be derailed, said Moody’s.

Construction costs for the Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” project have increased and the projected completion is now two years behind schedule, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced.