Northeast

Maine voters have approved $50 million of new borrowing to address economic needs, but a cloud remains over whether Republican governor Paul LePage will allow the bonds to proceed in 2015 after fighting against new borrowing in 2014.

Atlantic City's Ba1 general obligation bond rating has been placed under review for a possible downgrade by Moody's Investors Services in the wake of postponing a planned bond sale.

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Financing Authority and state budget office have canceled a $197 million sale of CFA revenue bonds scheduled for Dec. 19, saying the CAFR for fiscal 2014 is not yet available.

MTA officials heard Staten Island officials and residents tell them that they and other outer boroughs are shortchanged.

The renewal of a 1% temporary sales tax that was set to expire this year will help aid Philadelphia's underfunded pension fund, the city's treasurer Nancy Winkler explained in a speech before the Municipal Forum of New York Wednesday.

Massachusetts investors will get to review the past four years and peer at the future at the commonwealth's fourth annual conference in Boston.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey adopted a 2015 budget Wednesday that keeps operating expenses flat while also addressing capital needs.

Connecticut received nearly $12.5 million in discretionary federal funding to expand preschool programs in 14 high-need communities.

Rhode Island leaders mourn the passing of Lila Sapinsley, a former state senator praised as a trailblazer for political women that state.

New York reached tentative seven-year agreements with the Uniformed Superior Officers Coalition, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, with a net cost of $414 million to the four-year financial plan.