Northeast

Pennsylvania may provide only minimal additional aid for the Philadelphia School District this fiscal year, which has sent off layoff notices to 20% of its staff due to its financial problems.

Pennsylvania's struggling capital, Harrisburg, has received state funding toward two local infrastructure projects, state Sen. Rob Teplitz announced.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed legislation letting Rhode Island cities and towns own their streetlights and maintain them as a cost-controlling measure.

Fitch Ratings downgraded the rating of Maine Municipal Bond Bank's transportation infrastructure revenue bonds, TransCap program, to AA-minus from AA.

Maryland plans to sell a total of $475 million of triple-A rated tax-exempt and taxable general obligation bonds in two competitive sales on July 24, state officials said recently.

Moody's Investors Service downgraded Temple University Health Systems to Ba2 from Ba1 Tuesday.

Sam Gill joined Edwards Wildman Palmer as a Boston-based public finance associate, the law firm announced. He arrives from Andrews Kurth in Houston.

New York City plans to price a $635 million sale of general obligation bonds, beginning with a two-day order period on July 22.

New York State has promised to give the financially distressed SUNY Downstate Medical Center $89 million over the next two fiscal years.

MassDevelopment, the finance and development arm of Massachusetts, has won the 2013 award for excellence from the Council of Development Finance Agencies.