Northeast

Moody's Investors Service downgraded West Warwick, R.I.'s general obligation bond rating to Baa2 from Baa1, citing pension underfunding and a school-fund deficit.

Standard & Poor's placed its A rating for Chester, Pa.'s general obligation debt on credit watch with negative implications.

Fitch Ratings is evaluating Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale's findings of "significant noncompliance" by Chester Community Charter School.

Revenue bondholders would emerge unscathed under the proposed Harrisburg, Pa., financial recovery plan, Moody's Investors Service said Friday.

Lancaster County expects to pay $131 million for the Harrisburg, Pa., incinerator under a key component of the city's recovery plan, according to documents.

The Maine Senate and House of Representatives approved $149.5 million in bonds, setting the stage for a November vote.

Standard & Poor’s upgraded Syracuse University’s long-term debt to AA-minus from A-plus, citing growing enrollment.

Distressed Harrisburg, Pa., reached an agreement in principle to transfer operations of the water and sewer system to the Harrisburg Authority public works agency.

Rising bond interest rates further complicated an intricate Harrisburg, Pa., debt-reduction accord, said Mark Kaufman, receiver William Lynch's lead attorney.

Rhode Island can pursue some but not all of money it says it lost in the 38 Studios bond fiasco, Superior Court Judge Michael Silverstein ruled.