Northeast

Budget friction lingers in Connecticut, where fallout includes threats by GE and Aetna to relocate over business tax hikes.

Suffolk County elected officials want New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli to audit a proposed three-year rate hike from the Long Island Power Authority and its service provider PSEG Long Island

Rhode Island lawmakers must approve now that Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Cater signed off on a class-action settlement in the lawsuit over the state's 2011 law that overhauled pension benefits.

The New Jersey Supreme Court decision that pension contribution levels aren't contractually protected under a 2011 law will accelerate the state's already high growth of pension liabilities, according to Moody's.

Former longtime Hempstead Village, N.Y. Mayor James Garner has been tapped as Nassau County's new chief deputy comptroller.

Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Cater late Tuesday signed off on a class-action settlement in the lawsuit over the state’s 2011 law that overhauled pension benefits.

The Pennsylvania Senate confirmed Gov. Tom Wolf’s confirmation of Robin Wiessmann as secretary of banking and securities.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $750 million of tax-exempt, fixed rate, new money bonds on June 17 after a two-day retail order period.

New York City should continue to build up its budgetary cushion to protect against further economic downturns or natural disasters, Comptroller Scott Stringer told a City Council committee.

Transparency following an unusually harsh winter and amid other challenges sends an important message to bond rating agencies, said Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.