Rhode Island

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.

Emerging from Chapter 9 bankruptcy without a bond default is a credit positive for Central Falls and other Rhode Island municipalities, according to Moody's.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin have launched a hotline to report disability fraud abuse.

Whether Central Falls, R.I.'s bankruptcy reorganization could serve as a national model, as its presiding judge suggested, remains an open question.

Keith Stokes, who resigned as executive director of the Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. in the aftermath of the 38 Studios loan default, re-emerged as president of a lobbying organization.

The chief executive of the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority is on paid administrative leave while state police examine the agency's internal records.

A federal court on Thursday afternoon approved the reorganization plan and subsequent bankruptcy exit for Central Falls, R.I., only 13 months after it filed.

Moody's on Tuesday changed its outlook on Woonsocket, R.I. to negative while confirming its B2 general obligation bond rating.

Rhode Island's Economic Development Corp., whose $75 million loan guarantee to company 38 Studios has taxpayers on the hook, took a step toward legal action.

Central Falls, R.I., could exit Chapter 9 next week after a mere 13 months. Its quick march does not surprise the city's bankruptcy attorney, Ted Orson.

In an interview at the state capitol in Providence, Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee discusses challenges cities and towns face in the nation's smallest state.