CHARLOTTE, NC-Extended Stay America Inc.'s impending IPO could triple the investment made in the local-based hotel chain by Blackstone Group LP, Centerbridge Partners LP and Paulson & Co.

SPRINGFIELD, IL-State lawmakers on Wednesday inched closer to granting Archer Daniels Midland Co. special incentives aimed at keeping the agricultural giant in the state of Illinois.

ANNAPOLIS, MD-The Maryland Board of Public Works in a vote on Wednesday approved a plan to provide some funding for a $2.2-billion light rail line in the Washington, DC suburbs.

WASHINGTON, DC-Two weeks after saying it is opening a new store near Nationals Park comes word from Whole Foods that it plans to open another new store in the district on H Street.

SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ-The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a $24-million cleanup plan at the Woodbrook Road Dump Superfund site here.

PHILADELPHIA-Temple University officials confirmed in a letter to the Philadelphia School District its intent to purchase the shuttered William Penn High School here.

PARAMUS, NJ-The Westfield Garden State Plaza opened on Wednesday after investigators spent all day Tuesday conducting a search of the property in the aftermath of a shooting that took place the previous day.

MIAMI-A campaign by City Commissioner Jonah Wolfson and the non-profit Miami Beach Residents for Responsible Development to require a supermajority vote to ratify the convention center redevelopment plan was successful on Tuesday.