Northeast

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has approved proposals for the American Dream-Meadowlands project, formerly known as Xanadu.

Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Saints Medical Center of Lowell to Caa1 from B1 after it and the for-profit Steward Health Care System of Boston ended their merger discussions.

Waldoboro citizens will vote Tuesday on the proposed refinancing of $1.15 million of water department bonds.

State Treasurer Denise Nappier has been inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame.

New York City reported a $5 million surplus in its general fund for the 31st straight year, but warning signs hover, Comptroller John Liu said in his annual analysis of the city's finances.

An arbitration award that ends minimum staffing levels for firefighters could save Bethlehem, Pa., about $1 million annually, according to the city's mayor.

Financially strapped Harrisburg wants all sides, including bondholders, to make concessions, the mayor of Pennsylvania's capital city said Wednesday.

A bankruptcy judge in Harrisburg said Tuesday that special court approval for payments to vendors is unnecessary in Pennsylvania's capital city.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced his appointment of Leecia Eve to deputy secretary for economic development and his recommendation of Gil Quiniones to be president and chief executive of the New York Power Authority, pending legislative approval. Quiniones is currently acting president.

The Connecticut Bond Commission voted 8 to 2 to spend $800,000 for a new electronic-vote tally board for its House of Representatives, over the objections of the two Republicans on the commission.