Massachusetts

Martin Walsh announced a five-year, $500 million financing initiative to create thousands of homes.

Governance structure and new emphasis points are in play as Massachusetts lawmakers weigh extending the MBTA oversight panel.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker's $44.6 billion budget proposal includes $217 million more for the Boston-centric MBTA and other agencies, on top of his $18 billion bond bill.

Officials in the Massachusetts city insist taxpayers will not be on the hook for the planned minor-league Polar Park in the Canal District.

At issue is the so-called "public disclosure bar," which prevents a whistleblower from pursuing a lawsuit based on publicly available information.

Assets in the so-called Smart Plan have risen to $10.06 billion as of Dec. 30 from $4.5 billion in 2009, said state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.

The challenge this year will be biggest in the three states that were found by the Council of Development Finance Agencies to be closest to using their 2018 limits — California, New York and Massachusetts.

Deborah Goldberg succeeds Utah State Treasurer David Damschen as president of the National Association of State Treasurers.

Alumnus Arthur Blank, co-founder of Home Depot, donated $50 million to the business-focused private Massachusetts school's leadership school.

The Bay State's transportation and congestion crisis puts its economic viability in jeopardy, officials say.

California, Massachusetts and New York came closest to utilizing their volume caps for PABs in 2018, according to a recent survey by the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

In Massachusetts, cannabis regulation fuels a corruption investigation; in Rhode Island, it pits the executive branch against the legislature.

Paige Cognetti will fill out the term of Bill Courtright, who resigned and pleaded guilty to corruption charges.

Vineyard Wind is revealing new details of its bid to develop an offshore wind farm off the southern coast of Massachusetts, including new investments in Bridgeport to convert a section of the city's fading port complex into a robust operations and maintenance hub.

Twice-indicted Fall River, Massachusetts, Mayor Jasiel Correia II intends to take a leave of absence and end his run for re-election.

Green bonds and taxables dominate the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's $620 million sale.

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