- New Jersey
New Jersey Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who worked on several bills that would have affected the municipal bond market, died on Monday of viral pneumonia.
June 3 - Connecticut
Connecticut's Senate was to debate a proposed two-year $37.5 billion budget after bleary-eyed House members approved its plan right before sunrise on Sunday.
June 3 -
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, to Aa3 from Aa2.
May 31 - Vermont
Vermont's largest city, Burlington, is prosperous but a battle over the city's telecom enterprise with lender Citibank has damaged its bond ratings.
May 31 - Rhode Island
A bill to establish a municipal advisory council on statewide permitting to increase feedback from cities and towns won approval in the Rhode Island Senate with a 37-to-0 vote.
May 31 - Pennsylvania
A state Senate panel began a series of public hearings throughout Pennsylvania on the future of its cities, large and small.
May 31 -
KidsPeace Children's Hospital of Schnecksville, Pa., looking to pare bond debt from $51.3 million to $24 million, filed a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.
May 31 -
Standard & Poor's revised its outlook to positive from stable and affirmed its AA long-term rating and AA/A-1-plus rating on University of Pittsburgh debt.
May 31 - Connecticut
Standard & Poor's raised its long-term rating and underlying rating on Preston, Conn.'s general obligation bonds to AA-minus from A-plus.
May 31 - New York
Moody's Investors Service downgraded Suffolk County, N.Y.'s general obligation debt to A2 from A1 and maintained a negative outlook.
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