Bankruptcy

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.