Northeast

Sen. Dominick Ruggerio's bill would ban use of retirement system funds to pay Rhode Island's legal cost as it defends the unions' court fight of pension changes.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced several expensive infrastructure projects that may involve bonding in his annual state of the state address.

Metro-North would add four stations in the Bronx and provide direct access to Penn Station under a plan Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed in his State of the State speech.

The New York City Council voted Melissa Mark-Viverito, a favorite of new Mayor Bill de Blasio, as council speaker, arguably the city's second-most powerful position.

New York State, New York City, and their authorities plan to sell $3.93 billion of bonds in the first quarter of this year.

Northeastern University has scheduled a $250 million bond sale, with proceeds to help fund construction of a science and engineering building.

The Internal Revenue Service has concluded that $720 million of student-loan bonds issued by a New Hampshire authority are taxable, leading the issuer to move toward requesting an administrative appeal and asking the IRS to reopen its audits of the bonds.

Unfunded pension liability, bond-rating scrutiny and election-year complexity hovered over Pennsylvania as state lawmakers reconvened.

New York City, looking to fend off New Jersey, renewed its lease with Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx for seven years.

The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $850 million of bonds on Jan. 16, with a two-day retail period in store for most of the amount.