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After decades of underinvestment, Pennsylvania is launching two new grant programs to help schools fund facility improvements. These grants, the state hopes, will encourage districts to spend more money of their own.
April 1 -
Congestion pricing proponents claim it will reduce gridlock, improve air quality in Manhattan and boost ridership on the MTA, which has never recovered its pre-pandemic ridership levels.
March 28 -
"What we're doing is just being prudent managing the risk," said Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chief Financial Officer Kevin Willens.
March 25 -
The state Supreme Court ruled that prevailing wage rules for public projects don't apply to private entities that borrow using tax-exempt conduit bonds.
March 18 -
Pittsburgh-based Robert Morris University was downgraded by Moody's Ratings. The private university is part of a growing list of smaller higher education institutions, particularly in the Northeast, that are facing increasing financial pressures as the pool of potential students shrinks.
March 11 -
Boston is more dependent on property taxes from commercial real estate, and property taxes in general, than most of its large-city peers.
March 4 -
Josh Shapiro proposed sweeping changes to Pennsylvania's K-12 and higher education systems and $500 million of borrowing for his economic development plan.
February 12 -
Josh Shapiro said his 10-year program is Pennsylvania's first coordinated economic development plan in nearly two decades.
February 5 -
The Vermont state auditor questioned the city of Burlington's use of premium bonds in a tax increment finance district deal.
January 29 -
Hochul's budget proposal for fiscal 2025 would preserve New York State's reserves at $19 billion.
January 22