Northeast

New Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner touted a $175 million debt restructuring and a green-themed Infrastructure Bank as progress for the state.

Nassau County, N.Y. Executive Ed Mangano proposed a 2016 budget that if adopted would raise property taxes on the large Long Island municipality by 1.2%.

Connecticut is accepting applications for a new grant program designed to help communities plan for remediating and redeveloping clusters of brownfield sites.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo delivered a letter to President Barack Obama Tuesday outlining a framework aimed at achieving funding for a new trans-Hudson commuter rail tunnel.

Connecticut received a $700,000 federal grant to study of transit-oriented development in the Hartford line corridor, which covers New Haven, Hartford and Springfield, Mass.

A federal investigation into loan guarantees made by the Town of Oyster Bay, N.Y. could impact the credit rating of New York's fourth largest township, according to Moody's Investors Service.

The Pennsylvania Senate is scheduled to reconvene with lawmakers and Gov. Tom Wolf still at odds over how to fund the $30 billion fiscal 2016 budget.

A Pennsylvania court upheld theft and corruption charges against former Harrisburg mayor Stephen Reed and sent the case to trial.

The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection two years after defaulting on nearly $60 million in bonds.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced on Sept. 12 that Long Island’s Suffolk County will receive $388 million in state and federal funding to expand sanitary sewer service to 8,075 parcels of land that currently utilize on-site septic systems.