Northeast

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee nominated Marcel Valois to serve as executive director of the R.I. Economic Development Commission, one year after the 38 Studios fiasco.

Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered a rebid of an IT contract and reviews of all vendors named in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission pay-to-play scandal.

The key substantive issues differ in the Stockton, Calif., and Central Falls, R.I., bankruptcy filings, said Theodore Orson, the Chapter 9 attorney for Central Falls.

City Comptroller John Liu and the New York City Pension Funds called on for-profit universities DeVry and Career Education to reveal students' debt levels.

The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency appointed five persons to senior management positions, executive director Thomas Gleason announced.

Gov. Dannel Malloy, pursuant to a state statute, approved $95 million in bond funding for Connecticut State University System 2020 projects during fiscal 2014.

An improvement in revenue is shrinking the projected deficit and improving the outlook for the end of fiscal 2013, according to Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will sell $200 million of Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority refunding bonds for capital projects.

The Lehigh County Authority, offering $220 million, is high bidder for a 50-year lease to run the Allentown, Pa., water system, topping several private firms.

New York expects state-related debt issuance to increase 12% in fiscal year 2014 from fiscal year 2013.