Massachusetts

Neighborly's CEO Jase Wilson said the payroll stop was needed while the company restructures itself away from municipal bonds.

The Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal are functionally obsolete, according to their owner, the Army Corps of Engineers.

Chief of Administration and Finance, Collector-Treasurer, City of Boston

Managing Director, Swap Financial Group

Jasiel Correia II, accused separately of shaking down marijuana vendors and defrauding investors, still finished a distant second in the Fall River race.

Fall River Mayor Jasiel Correia II pleaded not guilty in Boston to charges of extorting state-licensed marijuana vendors for six-figure bribery amounts.

Two courts have interpreted a legal question key to the VRDO lawsuits very differently.

The commonwealth intends to refund $630 million in taxable and tax-exempt bonds next week, and issue $600 million tax-exempt new-money on Sept. 5.

Municipal bond issuers in the Northeast sold $44.9 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2019, down 7% compared to the first half of 2018.

The MBTA's plans to shut down major Boston mass-transit stations for accelerated repairs is the latest card to play in a spiraling transit and congestion crisis.