Northeast

Long Beach, N.Y. has started the new fiscal year with a $7.8 million capital budget.

Connecticut leaders mourned the death of Donald Irwin, 86, who served two terms in Congress and a two-year term as state treasurer.

The Securities and Exchange Commission will pursue no enforcement action against Rhode Island over its pension financial disclosures, Treasurer Gina Raimondo said.

The University of Connecticut this week will sell $225 million GO new money and refunding bonds, to fund work on its health center and other campuses.

Total outstanding debt from New York's state and local authorities grew by almost 19% from 2008 to 2012 to $151.1 billion.

Maine state government's decision to cut revenue sharing is a credit negative for the state's localities, Moody's Investors Service said.

Massachusetts wants investor feedback about a rolling offering of general obligation bonds for retail investors.

Eliot Spitzer's announced candidacy for New York City comptroller will jolt what normally is a dormant race for an office that oversees the city's bond program.

A New York State appellate court's upholding of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's payroll mobility tax is a credit positive for the transit agency, Moody's Investors Service said Monday.

New York City sold $12.8 billion of bonds in fiscal 2013 including $6.8 billion in new-money and $6 billion in refinancings, Deputy Comptroller Carol Kostik said.