Northeast

Rhode Island Superior Court Judge Sarah Taft-Carter rejected a motion by state officials to dismiss a lawsuit that challenged the 2011 pension overhaul law.

New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer has formed a unit to oversee the handling of funds related to Hurricane Sandy rebuilding.

Public finance experts cite greater awareness about the need to think beyond immediate crisis management.

Moody's Investors Service improved its outlook on Burlington, Vt.'s Baa3 general obligation rating to stable.

New York's MTA awarded two contracts valued at $628 million to East Side Access contractors who will wall more than 10,000 linear feet of newly excavated tunnels and install communications systems.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy called for several state investments in major highway, bridge and rail projects as part of a five-year capital infrastructure program.

One judge was used to the limelight, the other wasn't. But Thomas Bennett and Mary France found themselves in the glare as they oversaw high-profile Chapter 9 cases.

The municipal bond system is "set up not to be fair to the issuers," former Harrisburg receiver David Unkovic said at a conference in Pennsylvania's capital.

Harrisburg, Pa., Councilwoman Eugenia Smith died April 11 at Harrisburg Hospital, where she was rushed after becoming ill at home. She was 53. No official cause of death was immediately announced.

Amalgamated completed a $22 million refinancing with Capital Region Water, in the former Harrisburg Authority's first debt financing in more than three years.