Northeast

The Rhode Island House of Representatives elected Nicholas Mattiello speaker, three days after Gordon Fox resigned following a police raid on his home and office.

Maine Gov. Paul LePage has ended his threat to try to block bond sales after getting his way on maintaining the size of the state's rainy day fund.

Moody's affirmed its A3 rating on $19.7 million Series 2006 revenue bonds by the Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority, the agency that bought Harrisburg's incinerator.

New York's State Department of Health is this year's winner of the Citizens Budget Commission prize of public service innovation.

Retail pricing began Tuesday for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission's $236 million sale of Series 2014A senior turnpike revenue bonds.

Maryland can proceed with the selection of a private partner to design, build, and operate the $2.4 billion Purple Line commuter rail project via a public-private partnership after federal approval last week of the environmental impact statement.

Support for 'Gridlock Sam' Schwartz's latest plan to ease New York congestion and toll inequity ranged from a motor truck association to the Straphangers Campaign.

Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to negative from stable on New Jersey's general obligation and related debt on Friday afternoon.

The Harlem building collapse has added a big exclamation point to talk about the need for New York to address its aging infrastructure.

The owner of a Harrisburg minor league soccer team is looking to raise $14 million for a new stadium on City Island in Pennsylvania's capital.