Northeast

Rhode Island General Treasurer Gina Raimondo, who championed the state law that changed the pension system for public employees, received the 2011 Urban Innovator Award from the Manhattan Institute for Public Research.

Gloria Martin-Roberts is the latest Harrisburg City Council member to announce her candidacy for state representative in the 103rd Legislative District.

The Maine Municipal Bond Bank has scheduled a bond sale for the week of April 25, its board confirmed Thursday.

Connecticut and Jackson Laboratory finalized their agreement for the Bar Harbor, Maine, company to build a $1.1 billion personalized-medicine laboratory at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington.

"Questionable practices" regarding the financings of the incinerator retrofit project in Harrisburg, Pa., merit a further investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission, the attorney for the City Council said in a report issued Friday.

Casino dominoes are toppling in the Northeast as states scramble to obtain or preserve gambling revenue, often packaging the initiatives as job creation in a shaky economy.

Moody's Investors Service on Thursday placed the Ba1 general obligation bond rating of Woonsocket, R.I., on review for possible downgrade, affecting about $205 million of debt.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to build a convention center in Queens, repair many bridges and highways, legalize non-Indian casino gambling, and earmark $1 billion for jobs in Buffalo.

Rhode Island two months ago overhauled its public employee pension system, but its work is far from over.

Suffolk County, N.Y., has scheduled an $83.6 million competitive sale of Series 2012 water system revenue refunding bonds for Thursday.