Bankruptcy

HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro on Thursday announced that no new criminal charges would be filed in connection with the questionable financing of the city's former incinerator.

The outlook on Georgia's Dalton Utilities was revised to negative by Moody's Investors Service because of Westinghouse’s bankruptcy.

Indiana and its private partner on the troubled Interstate 69 road project face new fiscal hurdles.

Puerto Rico debt negotiations may be going nowhere with just six full days left before a court restructuring.

The Westinghouse bankruptcy could have a material impact on the South Carolina Public Service Authority.

Spreads widened on bonds for new nuclear units in South Carolina and Georgia.

Impeachment proceedings began Monday against Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley by the House Judiciary Committee, after the state’s high court ruled that hearings could proceed.

Central Falls, R.I., Mayor Jim Diossa discussed the city’s climb from bankruptcy to investment grade.

The drama of the $135 million Moses Lake School construction bond continues.

East Texas Medical Center, one of the largest healthcare providers in the region, slipped two notches to B3 from B1 on the Moody's Investors Service as prospects for default.

The Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia said the bankruptcy of Westinghouse, supplier of new nuclear units at Plant Vogtle for which it has issued billions of bonds, could have a material impact on its financial condition.

Construction continues on new nuclear power plants in Georgia and South Carolina after the Westinghouse bankruptcy, but the Chapter 11 filing raises concerns for investors in the units, including public power utilities who issued billions in municipal debt.

The three state Republican groups will face off against the SEC and MSRB in oral arguments May 4 on whether a federal appeals court should vacate revisions the MSRB made to its rule on political contributions and curbing pay-to-play in the market.

Bill Baroni and Bridget Anne Kelly, former allies of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, are headed to prison for their roles in a politically motivated plot to create traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge in the scandal known as Bridgegate.

The Rhode Island Commerce Corp. and the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a joint motion in Rhode Island federal court on Wednesday asking the presiding judge to approve a final settlement over the RICC's involvement in a fraudulent private placement.

All Aboard Florida is assuring supporters of the private passenger train project that it will move forward despite the sales of its owner and an affiliate and pending legislation that the company says could jeopardize expansion plans.

Flint, Mich. will receive nearly $100 million in state and federal funds to replace thousands of water service lines under a settlement approved by a federal judge Tuesday.

Investors with holdings in municipal conduit bonds that have been the subject of recent SEC enforcement actions over fraudulent commingling of assets are suing Bank of Oklahoma Financial, which served as the trustee for many of the faulty offerings.

A procedural ruling by the state Supreme Court means Illinois’ not-for-profit hospitals have dodged a bullet, at least temporarily, on the state’s charity care requirements.

U.S. nuclear contractor Westinghouse reportedly could file for bankruptcy by Friday, Reuters said, casting new doubt on public power providers that issued municipal bonds for nuclear plants in Georgia and South Carolina.