Northeast

The final federal hurdle – Internal Revenue Service approval -- has been cleared in securing recovery zone bonds for financing the complete construction of the 80-story 3 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced.

Maine's municipalities have responded in several ways to Maine government's cut in state aid since 2008, a report said.

The future of the Philadelphia School District's speculative-grade credit will be determined by four factors in the next six to 12 months, Moody's Investors Service said.

The frenetic scramble for Massachusetts resort casino licenses has generated a host of intricate, juicy moving parts -- bizarre, even by Bay State standards.

Connecticut's overall debt has fallen by 15% over the past three years, budget chief Ben Barnes said in a report that generated back-and-forth partisan sniping.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Yeshiva University debt to B1 from Baa2 Thursday afternoon

Former Lebanon, Pa., mayor Jackie Parker, will lead the nascent Harrisburg economic development team, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced in Pennsylvania's capital.

Howard Permut will retire as president of Metro-North Railroad, New York's MTA announced, and be replaced by Joseph Giulietti.

Maryland has selected four international construction consortiums to submit proposals to build, maintain and operate the proposed $2.2 billion Purple Line light-rail system that would connect Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties.

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Beverly Scott will receive the Transportation Research Board's Sharon D. Banks Award for humanitarian leadership in transportation.