Northeast

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $20 million tax-exempt bond to renovate affordable housing in Boston neighborhoods.

The latest city treasurer appointee in Harrisburg, Pa., is cleared to work after city officials were satisfied that he lives there.

New York Assemblyman Phillip Goldfeder asked Gov. Andrew Cuomo to direct a portion of $5 billion in budget surplus to restore the abandoned Rockaway Beach rail line.

How can Pennsylvania, with a Democratic governor and a more Republican legislature, grasp serious financial challenges?

Standard & Poor's revised its outlook on BBB-rated Iona College to stable from negative, citing improved financial ratios as the Catholic school battles enrollment pressures.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority unveiled its proposals late Monday to increase fares and tolls by 4% over the next two years.

Installing London- and Paris-style platform doors in New York subways could also provide a badly needed revenue stream, said one MTA board member.

The Connecticut Bond Commission expects approve $5 million for the continued expansion of the Connecticut Technical High School System’s manufacturing programs, said Gov. Dannel Malloy.

A $63.7 million remarketing of Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority general revenue bonds triggered strong retail demand, according to New York MTA’s finance manaher.

Connecticut faces a nearly $100 million deficit for fiscal 2015 should it take no administrative action to manage it, its Office of Policy and Management said in its annual fiscal accountability report.