Northeast

The City Council has introduced tentative agreements with the police and fire unions that reflect the state Supreme Court ruling last fall.

A new Pennsylvania law will consolidate the functions of the Securities Commission into the Department of Banking to form a new Department of Banking and Securities.

Mark Schwartz, who has represented the Harrisburg City Council since October and filed a Chapter 9 petition on its behalf, withdrew from its most recent filing from the Commonwealth Court, saying he has not been paid.

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli's office has begun an independent financial review of the financially troubled State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and its affiliates.

Long Island, N.Y.'s Suffolk County has reduced its estimated deficit to $300 million from $530 million, according to county officials.

Long Beach, N.Y., could issue a request for proposals by fall to operate its 38-year-old Long Beach Ice Arena.

Moody's Investors Service has revised the outlook on Kean University's outstanding debt to negative and affirmed the A2 rating on Kean's revenue bonds.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee sees Peter Marino's hiring as a crucial piece to the Ocean State puzzle.

The Pittsburgh firm will manage the Massachusetts Municipal Depository Trust bond portfolio, ending Boston-based Fidelity's 35-year run.

A local private-sector consultant, invoking the 1975 New York City crisis, says M&T should tell the Pennsylvania city to drop dead.