Fitch said it expects the law will spur more public power borrowing for clean energy facilities.

The "after-action" report concluded that the Great Hall project would have been better served with a more traditional finance and contracting approach.

The state's Board of Public Works could vote on the 50-year concession this fall as Gov. Larry Hogan aims to button up the project before he exits office in January.

It's the latest setback for Gov. Larry Hogan's signature project, which he wants locked down before he exits office in January.

The state is heavily dependent on personal income taxes, which have dropped the most.

The duration of outages has continued to increase, causing backlash for elected officials.

A Reason Foundation study found K-12 debt steadily rising since 2014.

With online sports wagering off to a fast start in New York State, lobbyists for online casino games want to be next.

The Federal Reserve looks to be paying closer attention to a potential pinch-point that rankled dollar funding markets almost three years ago and could at some stage become a catalyst for ending early officials' plans to shrink the U.S. central bank's expanded balance sheet.

U.S. central bankers offered divergent signals over the size of the next interest rate hike, with St. Louis's James Bullard urging another 75-basis-point move while Kansas City's Esther George struck a more cautious tone.