Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Bond volume was 4.2% lower than it was a year ago but increased from March and April’s low totals.

Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to sign five-month, $26 billion spending plan, intended to buy time to measure the hit from the effects of COVID-19.

Where and how residents buy their alcohol in the commonwealth's control state system has resurfaced as a budgetary, policy and public-health dynamic.

Municipal bond issuance was $67.88 billion after the first two months of 2020 and was on pace to easily eclipse the $400 billion mark — then COVID-19 completely turned the market upside down.

Scranton, Pa., activist Gary St. Fleur describes his group's successful suit that claimed the city was overtaxing its residents under Pennsylvania law. Paul Burton hosts.

Taxable bonds and COVID-19 are two of the main catalysts that helped February municipal bond volume ascend to its highest level since at least 1986.

The region's bond issuers sold $113.3 billion of debt in 2019, a 16.8% increase from 2018 fueled largely by a spike in taxable deals.

The governor's proposed $36.1 billion spending plan would expand a bond-backed program to clean up toxic school buildings and overhaul charter schools.

Joe Torsella received the appointment to the National Association of State Treasurers committee from NAST President Deborah Goldberg of Massachusetts.

Pennsylvania Treasurer Joe Torsella discusses his state's lead role in a lawsuit against banks that led to a settlement over price fixing of government agency bonds. Paul Burton hosts.