Northeast

The Massachusetts House approved the repeal of a technology tax, which now goes to the Senate. Lawmakers face a $161 million gap should the measure pass.

Suffolk, Nassau and Rockland counties are among New York counties and municipalities have been added to New York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's fiscal stress list.

New York City sold about $1.022 billion of general obligation bonds on Wednesday and $356 million of retail orders over the two prior days, said a spokesman for city Comptroller John Liu.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord, a Democrat, took aim at "Tom Corbett and his misguided agenda" in announcing his candidacy for governor.

New York City will enter a partnership with national purchase-order repository SmartProcure in an effort to reduce procurement costs, according to Comptroller John Liu.

The Army Corps of Engineers approved Massachusetts' preferred route for the South Coast commuter rail project, for which funding is still a challenge.

Moody's Investors Service revised the general obligation rating of Providence, R.I., to stable from negative, citing the city's structural balance and a pension overhaul agreement.

The two biggest rating agencies took divergent paths, whipsawing Stratford, Conn., with an upgrade and a downgrade of its general obligation rating within a 45 minute period.

New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board increased the number and percentage of minority- and women-owned firms that will participate in MTA bond deals.

Pennsylvania lawmakers, citing Harrisburg's struggles, have rekindled an effort to ban municipalities from engaging in interest-rate swap transactions.