Northeast

New Jersey’s long-stalled American Dream Meadowlands shopping and entertaining project received a funding boost on Aug. 11 when a state board re-approved $390 million in tax breaks for the massive development.

Baltimore officials want Maryland to share savings from a cancelled rail project to upgrade the city's bus system.

University of North Carolina professor Pab Jotikasthira wins the James A. Lebenthal Memorial prize for best paper submitted at the Brandeis Municipal Finance Conference.

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is proposing the creation of a new nonprofit development corporation that would help jumpstart a stalled Hudson River rail tunnel between New York City and New Jersey.

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo launches a school building authority and a $20 million capital fund for public schools with immediate renovation needs.

James Ferrara will become interim president of New York City Transit when current chief Carmen Bianco retires, MTA chief Thomas Prendergast announced.

Philadelphia International Airport's revenue bonds were lowered to A from A-plus because of a "relatively weak liquidity position."

The indictment of Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane should have little effect on the prosecution of former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed, legal observers say.

Oregon motorists seem eager to sign up for the state's new miles-traveled road fee system but Connecticut lawmakers are not interested.

Long Island, N.Y., governments will benefit from a New York state appellate court decision to allow a lawsuit to prevent the Long Island Power Authority from challenging the assessment on its Northport, N.Y. power plant, according to Moody's Investors Service.