Northeast

Pennsylvania's 20-year, $35 billion with Camelot Global Services to run the state's lottery system is unconstitutional, said Attorney General Kathleen Kane.

New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan proposed the state government authorize the sale of $195 million in bonds in the next two fiscal years.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran the gamut from hardening the city from storm damage to calls for a styrofoam ban in his final state of the city address.

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority held more than $90 million in funds and bank accounts that it could have used to meet budgeted costs, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said.

A federal judge sentenced former Central Falls, R.I., mayor Charles Moreau to two years for corruption that occurred while the city was plummeting toward bankruptcy.

New York City has scheduled a $1.42 billion general obligation bond sale for Feb. 27 through negotiation, after a two-day retail period.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded Boston University to A1 from A2 on Tuesday.

New York City Comptroller John Liu assailed a lease agreement with the Marriott hotel in Times Square that he said could cost taxpayers at least $345 million.

Harrisburg, Pa., has cleared a legal hurdle to the auction of its Wild West artifacts, which officials say could bring up $6 million to the teetering city.

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Monday announced the first of a series of fiscal reforms designed to head off a financial nightmare that a recent projection suggested could be heading the city's way.