Northeast

Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said a settlement by Scranton’s nonuniform pension board will save the city more than $600,000.

Atlantic City’s ability to close a $101 million deficit in its adopted fiscal 2015 budget is a credit positive for a city that has been under distress this year, according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Rhode Island’s House of Representatives intends to resume hearings on the 38 Studio bond financing fiasco following the release of tens of thousands of pages of documents.

Rutgers University in New Jersey had its long-term credit rating lowered one notch by Standard & Poor’s to A-plus from AA-minus on Sept. 25 due to diminished financial resources.

Rhode Island Superior Court has released tens of thousands of documents related to the state’s 38 Studios lawsuit.

New York’s Off-Track Betting (OTB) corporations are at risk of financial insolvency due to major revenue decreases and rising costs, according to a new audit issued by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

The New Jersey State Senate pressed the federal government on Sept. 24 to accept a funding proposal for a new $20 billion Gateway rail tunnel project with a bipartisan resolution that passed in a 38-0 vote.

New York's MTA will review its $152 million contract with its paratransit Access-a-Ride service provider after employees told board members of mistreatment.

With non-transportation P3s on the rise, analysts and other experts say they're not for everyone.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved a 75-year lease with a developer to transform the former TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy Airport into a hotel complex.