Northeast

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee proposed a $275 million bond referendum in November and a $12.5 million payment of 38 Studios moral obligation debt.

Providence, R.I., which two years ago faced what Mayor Angel Taveras called a "Category 5 Fiscal Hurricane," reported a $1.6 million surplus for fiscal 2013.

Metro-North estimated damage from the deadly commuter train derailment in the Bronx at more than $9 million, said a preliminary report from a federal agency.

Harrisburg would exit receivership while remaining under state oversight under a plan by Pennsylvania officials.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie called for reform of the state's pension system and reduced debt service payments Tuesday afternoon.

A former Pennsylvania Turnpike worker pleaded guilty and received probation in a case the judge called an "offshoot" of a pay-to-play scandal.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Series 2007civic facility revenue bonds issued for Polytechnic University after the school merger with NYU closed.

New Mayor Bill Peduto is smart to delay Pittsburgh's request to exit a state oversight program for distressed communities, capital markets observers say.

The Court of Appeals, New York State's highest court, dismissed Nassau County's legal challenge to the MTA's payroll mobility tax by refusing to hear the case.

Armed with triple-A ratings across the board, Greenwich, Conn., will sell $130 million to fund a music auditorium, a fire station and a nursing-home renovation.