Hilary Russ

(Reuters) - A bankruptcy filing by cash-strapped Detroit would be unprecedented, but the city's situation differs so much from other troubled municipalities that it would unlikely become a model for...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday announced a $20 billion plan to prepare for rising sea levels and hotter summers expected as a result of...

(Reuters) - In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's cash-hungry capital city, local political battles are waged much as they are across the United States: with big personalities and bare-knuckled verbal brawls. But unlike...

(Reuters) - U.S. public pension funds outperformed their peers in the first quarter of 2013, largely because of their greater exposure to equities assets, data from Wilshire Associates showed. Public...

(Reuters) - When Superstorm Sandy hit the U.S. East Coast on October 29, it inundated low-lying pump stations with silt and seawater at the sewage treatment plant in Sayerville, New...

BOSTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the top federal law enforcer in Massachusetts, U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz has taken heat for being tough to a fault and coming down too hard...

(Reuters) - As Boston shut down during a day-long manhunt for a suspect in the marathon bombing that culminated on Friday, another cost was added to the human and emotional...

(Reuters) - Getting rid of an abusive college basketball coach has already cost New Jersey taxpayers more than $1 million, but the awkwardly handled saga could cost them millions more...

(Reuters) - Longshoremen in New York and New Jersey, who handle shipments at the largest port on the U.S. East Coast, have reached a tentative six-year labor agreement with the...