Northeast

Averil Smith, a CPA with more than 23 years of private sector financial experience, has been tapped as the new comptroller for the Town of North Hempstead on Long Island.

A state judge has effectively pulled back the curtain that has long shrouded the controversial 38 Studios loan guarantee. And Rhode Island is waiting.

Pennsylvania Auditor Eugene DePasquale will audit Allentown's school district for possible violations of sunshine and ethics laws.

New Jersey’s Stockton University held a special meeting to discuss offers it has received for the former Showboat Casino Hotel property in Atlantic City.

Vermont State Treasurer Beth Pearce has been honored by the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) for national leadership in state government transparency.

New York City paid out $495 million in settlements and judgments in fiscal 2013 and a further $550.3 million in 2014, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.

New Hampshire's Carroll County is in the midst of a financial crisis with a $2 million deficit that needs to be plugged this year after revenues were overestimated

A Rhode Island judge ordered the release of all documents in the state's lawsuit over the failure of 38 Studios, the video game owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.

The legal battles over funding for the distressed Chester Upland, Pa., School District's charter schools have triggered debate over investor risk.

Workers began installing the first sections of rail on the Long Island Rail Road's $388 million Double Track Project, funded in the MTA capital plans.