RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Governors up and down the East Coast are warning residents to prepare for drenching storms that could cause power outages and close roads in a region already walloped by rain.
Hurricane Joaquin's approach could intensify the damage, but rain is forecast across the region regardless of the storm's path.
STATE HOUSE — As state transportation officials grapple with a yawning projected deficits and spotty performance at the MBTA, they confronted a philosophical disagreement on Wednesday from Rep. William Straus, the House's pointman on transportation.
A report of the MBTA's Fiscal and Management Control Board identified a growing deficit between the T's statutory and self-generated revenues and its expenses, a gap set to hit $242 million in fiscal 2017.
