Rhode Island

Gov. Lincoln Chafee suggests settlement talks with unions over the landmark pension overhaul law, while Treasurer Gina Raimondo wants the state to stand firm.

Standard & Poor's raised its rating on Central Falls, R.I.'s general obligation debt to BB from C. The outlook is stable.

City Council member James Diossa and former police Chief James Moran advanced in a five-way special nonpartisan mayoral primary in recently bankrupt Central Falls, R.I.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo has been named by Northeast Women in Public Finance as the winner of the group's annual Freda Johnson Award.

Rhode Island is suing the owner of failed video-game company 38 Studios over a $75 million loan guarantee the state's economic commission provided the company.

Rhode Island officials, speaking after Moody's Investors Service elevated the bond rating of Central Falls, envision brighter days for the once-bankrupt city.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee and the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. approved a measure to lower the corporate income tax rate for Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Cranston, R.I., Mayor Allan Fung conveyed a sense of urgency in advance of a special City Council meeting on his proposal to reduce pension benefits for retirees.

The second scheduled auction of property belonging to Curt Schilling's failed video-game company 38 Studios will be held in Providence Tuesday.

Rhode Island's $81.4 million GO bond sale priced at the lowest cost-of-capital ever for the state, said Treasurer Gina Raimondo and lead underwriter Barclays.

Rhode Island will go to market with an $81.4 million sale of general obligation bonds through negotiation, after a one-day retail period for state residents.

Rhode Island's state-appointed receiver has scheduled two auctions this month for the assets of failed video-game company 38 Studios.

Mayoral election dates are set in Central Falls, R.I. where Mayor Charles Moreau resigned after pleading guilty in a kickback scheme.

Rhode Island's Health and Educational Building Corp. sold $15 million in bonds for health projects and safety repairs for schools in distressed East Providence.

In the aftermath of the 38 Studios fiasco, a study calls for reorganizing the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. under a new commerce secretary.

Former Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri took responsibility for his support of failed video game company 38 Studios but also blaming current governor Lincoln Chafee.

Mayor Charles Moreau's resignation and guilty plea in a kickback scheme will help Central Falls, R.I., start anew after bankruptcy, but questions linger.

The mayor of Central Falls, R.I., resigned and agreed to plead guilty to corruption charges two weeks after the city's exit from bankruptcy protection.

Rhode Island will buy 82 acres of the Rocky Point property in Warwick for $9.7 million to develop as a state park, using bond money voters approved in 2010.

Strained Northeast cities look to service sharing for savings and cost efficiencies, while tearing down old barriers of turf and jobs.