Northeast

Moody's put the Ba2 rating of Good Samaritan Hospital under review, a week after Standard & Poor's downgraded the Lebanon, Pa., system three notches to B-plus.

Democrat and former city community development director Joseph Caramone joined the open-seat race for mayor in distressed Scranton, Pa.

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo shared best practices with local government finance professionals and raised awareness about pooling financial resources.

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli reported good news on New York State's fiscal-year revenues and spending, but also predicted that the optimism might soon fizzle.

The New Jersey Treasury Department said the state's pension system funding ratio fell to 57%, but it would have been worse if not for the 2011 overhaul bill.

Connecticut's Bond Commission will vote on more than $37 million in capital improvement projects for community colleges at its special meeting.

Niagara Falls, N.Y. officials are warning that the city faces a possible financial crisis by late summer.

The cost of the East Side Access project to bring Long Island Rail Road service to Grand Central Terminal in New York City could cost nearly $9 billion when completed in 2019, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said in a report Wednesday.

Although controversy surrounds Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl, bond and financial analysts praise him for helping guide the city to financial recovery.

The SEC's whistleblower office is seeking additional details about a complaint that Scranton, Pa., misled in a bond document regarding the nature of a tax hike.