Northeast

Harrisburg's receiver warned that a summary judgment ruling for incinerator creditor Covanta could push Pennsylvania's capital city to file for bankruptcy.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority will sell $500 million of senior dedicated sales tax bonds through negotiation, one week after a Moody's downgrade.

A New York law gives the state's government until June 15 to consider a four-year plan that would cost at least $457 million to sustain Brooklyn hospitals.

A federal judge in Rhode Island has agreed to let the state continue to implement electronic tolling equipment on the new Sakonnet River Bridge connecting Portsmouth and Tiverton.

Lack of funding for wage increases for employees working under expired union contracts could result in multi-year, multibillion-dollar gaps, New York City Comptroller John Liu told the City Council.

Standard & Poor's upgraded Palisades Medical Center to the investment grade BBB-minus from the speculative grade BB-plus on Wednesday, citing its improved balance sheet.

If Pennsylvania does nothing about its $47 million-and-rising unfunded pension liability, an Illinois-sized shadow could loom over the Keystone State.

Rhode Island could hurt itself "for decades" by not paying the $110 million moral obligation debt related to 38 Studios, municipal bond expert Matt Fabian told lawmakers.

Whether Rhode Island should pay $100 million of moral obligation debt related to the 38 Studios debacle triggered spirited discussion Thursday at the state capitol.

New York MTA's chief acknowledged that extensive work to fix two major subway tubes damaged by Hurricane Sandy would cost "hundreds of millions" of dollars.