Northeast

With the latest injunction in favor of Revolution Wind, the Trump administration's war on alternative energy is seeming more and more quixotic.

Maryland is currently battling federal job losses and string of financial challenges but is starting the new year with a new triple-A rating on its general obligation bonds complete with a stable outlook.

New York's governor and mayor called Manhattan's cordon toll a success on its first anniversary, but congestion pricing has not cleared all legal hurdles.

New Jersey Transit CEO Kris Kolluri will keep his role under Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill, and add a second position overseeing the state's two major toll roads. 

Gov.-elect Mickie Sherrill said she will nominate Aaron Binder, the state's deputy treasurer, to head the New Jersey Department of the Treasury.

Gov. Dan McKee, previously cold to a surtax on high incomes, is warming to the idea as he grapples with the Trump administration's spending cuts.

The Maine Municipal Bond Bank is bringing back its transportation revenue bond program, with a few changes to bolster the bonds' credit. 

"The upgrade to Baa3 recognizes the city's fiscal stability under the current casino taxation format," as well as rapid debt defeasance, the rating agency said.

A federal judge set oral arguments for Jan. 28 in the legal fight over the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's congestion pricing tolls in Manhattan.

Moody's Ratings upgraded the Rhode Island Airport Corporation's airport revenue bonds for Providence's T.F. Green International Airport to A3 from Baa1.