Northeast

New Jersey finance officials may head back to the municipal bond market in the next three weeks to finish a $1.94 billion school construction bond refinancing that was downsized earlier this month due to unfavorable pricing conditions.

Without more revenue, New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority will exhaust its capacity to bond for new projects after 2014, MTA officials said Monday.

The Securities and Exchange Commission reportedly is seeking documents from the Massachusetts’ Treasury Department in reference to its relationship with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

WASHINGTON — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley on Friday released a pension reform plan to halt the state’s declining pension funding level, which is the lowest among triple-A rated states and has become a concern for rating agencies and investors.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to competitively market $300 million of tax-exempt bonds on Thursday.

A judge last week delayed to March 15 a hearing regarding a suit that could force Harrisburg to repay debt-service costs on $282 million of outstanding incinerator debt before meeting other expenses.

A provider of residential services for the disabled that was part of a pooled bond deal issued by the Dormitory ­Authority of the State of New York agreed to pay $18 million in damages to settle Medicaid fraud charges, the New York attorney general announced last week.

The New York State Thruway Authority on Wednesday approved up to $525 million of new-money bonds and up to $250 million of refunding bonds secured by the state’s highway and bridge trust fund.

Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday downgraded $69.4 million of Harrisburg Authority water bonds to Ba1 from A1. The outlook is negative.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett took office Tuesday, pledging to reduce the size of government and implement fiscal restraint.