Thomas Nocera joined The Bond Buyer in 2022 to cover the Northeast region. He began his career in local journalism, covering crime, politics, business, and the culture of New York City's most populous borough, Brooklyn. During the pandemic, Thomas covered the national healthcare industry for the Guardian News and later worked with the GroundTruth Foundation to report on protest movements in New York in addition to the state of a federally managed refugee resettlement program struggling in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Thomas received a masters degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and is a former fellow of the Overseas Press Club Foundation.
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Alabama officials and private interests say large reserves of metallurgical coal, a necessary ingredient in steel production, will spell economic fortune.
April 12 -
It's the firm's third office in Alabama and part of an investment capitalizing on growth of some high-tech industries in the state, the firm's chair Christopher Maddux said.
April 11 -
Gov. Phil Murphy wants to let a COVID-era corporate tax surcharge expire. Liberals want to make it permanent; conservatives want to cut it even more.
April 6 -
Tenneesse Gov. Bill Lee's $3.3 billion Transportation Modernization Act cleared its final legislative hurdle last week.
April 4 -
Moody's GO and issuer default rating upgrade to A3 from Baa1 follows a similar action taken by Fitch in November.
April 4 -
Republican opponents of the Democratic governor's offshore wind initiatives are using recent dolphin deaths as leverage to push back against the plan.
March 31 -
Federal funds bankrolling development of Vermont's broadband infrastructure will run dry next year, according to an investigation by the state auditor's office.
March 28 -
Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom announced his resignation on Thursday, saying he supports legislative measures to make the office an appointed position.
March 27 -
The move by a Senate committee would pass a baseline budget and put off actions on some of Gov. Janet Mills' new spending proposals.
March 24 -
Volkswagen will benefit from the largest economic development deal in South Carolina history as it launches a new, all-electric brand of Scout SUVs and pickups.
March 23