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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State lawmakers cleared an $83.8 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2024 after a long dispute along party lines over spending provisions and tax cuts.
September 11 -
Mainers will be asked in November if they want to create a public utility to buy out operations of investor-owned Central Maine Power and Versant Power.
September 8 -
State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said lower-than-predicted fuel use in fiscal 2023 meant a 0.9-cent lift to the Petroleum Products Gross Receipt tax rate.
September 6 -
The North Alabama operator priced $190 million of revenue bonds Aug. 29 to support among other things the purchase of an orthopedic physicians' practice.
September 5 -
Investor-owned Georgia Power will recover from ratepayers capital costs for the over-budget construction of two new nuclear reactors, if a state board approves.
September 1 -
The firm Kestrel verified the green bond component of the deal, which priced Aug. 16.
August 30 -
Mohamed Balla, Atlanta's CFO, talks about housing bonds and his participation in the recent National Association of Security Professionals' annual conference. Thomas Nocera hosts. (22 minutes)
August 29 -
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will bring affirmations of its AA-minus level ratings to its next bond deal, a refunding expected in September.
August 25 -
The Revolution Wind, a 704-megawatt offshore wind farm being developed off Connecticut's coast, received a positive ruling after a federal environmental review.
August 24 -
The region's issuers sold $30.3 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2023, 29.9% less than they did during the same period last year
August 23