Northeast

New York’s MTA launches a $250,000 railroad grade crossing safety campaign with nonprofit advocacy group Operation Lifesaver.

Rhode Island’s Senate finance committee is scheduled to vote on a proposed $8.7 billion state budget one day after the House approved it unanimously.

The inability of the Penn Hills, Pa., School District to obtain full bridge financing it needed for payroll and operating expenses is a credit negative, said Moody’s.

New Jersey's tax revenue is down 10% since receipts began to plummet from the 2008 recession, according to new report from Pew Charitable Trusts.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner is nominating Robert Benson, Marie Langlois and Marcia Reback to the State Investment Commission and Marianne Monte to the State Retirement Board.

William Paterson University in Wayne, N.J. had its credit rating cut one notch with a negative outlook by Moody's Investors Service, which cited the regional public college's weakened student demand.

Connecticut lawmakers will convene this month to debate Gov. Dannel Malloy’s proposed business tax reductions, which he announced after pushback from major corporations.

Pennsylvania is but one pension battleground state amid a landscape of insolvency, court actions and settlements.

A federal judge ordered former Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox to three years for stealing $108,000 of campaign donations, accepting a $52,000 bribe and filing false tax returns

The New Jersey School Bond Reserve Act enhancement program was downgraded two notches by Moody's Investors Service, affecting $6.75 billion in debt.