Northeast

Connecticut will become the latest state to issue green bonds, state Treasurer Denise Nappier announced Wednesday.

Harrisburg, Pa., will start the clock again for yet another city treasurer after Timothy East resigned following revelations of his personal bankruptcy. He had been named to the position in September after predecessor John Campbell was charged with theft from two nonprofit groups.

Timothy East became the second Harrisburg, Pa., treasurer to resign in two months, a city official confirmed late Tuesday.

Pittsburgh stands to realize $3.2 million, or 5%, of present-value savings from its expected $63.3 million refunding scheduled for Oct. 22, according to city finance director Paul Leger.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $4.1 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts.

Fully funding its next four-year capital program without burdening riders poses an immediate challenge for New York's MTA, according to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

William Ronan, the first chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority, died at age 101.

An extra layer of state oversight loosely based on the Harrisburg receivership may evolve from Pennsylvania's new time limit for distressed municipalities to stay in its Act 47 program.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded St. Joseph's Healthcare System (N.J.) to Baa3 from Ba1 on Oct. 17.

Massachusetts plans to resume its MassDirect notes sale, rolling offerings for retail investors totaling $510 million over nine months.