Northeast

The Vermont Student Loan Assistance Corp., which has been in discussions with the Internal Revenue Service to settle a tax law dispute over $165 million of auction-rate securities it sold in 1998, disclosed that the IRS is expanding its audit to include more of the issuer’s ARS.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority on Wednesday will sell $142.4 million of qualified school construction bonds through negotiation.

The Central Falls, R.I., City Council will hold its first public meeting in more than a year after Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed a bill requiring more input from local elected officials in communities under state receivership.

As discussion intensifies about drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale region spanning four eastern states, a major talking point is suitable compensation for the counties and municipalities where drilling takes place.

Nassau County, N.Y.'s state-appointed financial overseer sent the county back to the drawing board.

Republicans in New York City's Queens and Brooklyn boroughs nominated retired cable television executive Bob Turner to face Democrat David Weprin for the Ninth Congressional District seat vacated by Anthony Weiner.

Moody's Investors Service, citing massive cuts in fiscal 2012 state aid to affected New Jersey cities, placed six municipalities on review for possible downgrade.

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has asked a bankruptcy judge to review the proposed $38 million sale of Quincy Medical Center Inc. to Steward Health Care System LLC.

The coffers of a land conservation program are empty because they rely on voter-approved bonds and no such proposals are scheduled on Maine's ballots this year.

A bonding authority that oversees Connecticut's six state-owned airports, including the flagship Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, is up and running.