Massachusetts

Mayor Martin Walsh cited the need for more elaborate resilience measures after freezing floodwaters engulfed neighborhoods.

The commonwealth plans two more sales in early 2018 after Tuesday's $600 million deal.

Finance Director Lynne Barrett is finalizing a plan for paying off the $48 million debt the town incurred when its force sewer main collapsed two years ago this month.

The first $100 million installment will enable the MBTA to proceed with a mandated project.

An end is finally in sight for road work that revolved around Malden's suspended water-main replacement program.

Urban planners argue for the unlocking of public assets through an asset trust, an idea largely untested in the U.S.

Long perceived as clunky and stagnant, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is recrafting itself under control board oversight.

According to underwriter HJ Sims, the deal will mark the largest fixed-rate bond issue for a life-plan community.

The commonwealth's investor conference struck an upbeat tone, thanks to its Boston economic growth and an oversubscribed bond sale.

Drew Smith, a former operative at the Massachusetts treasury, is Boston's new city treasurer.

Amid East Coast transit systems' overcrowding and strained capital budgets, advocates tout ferries as low-cost alternatives.

The commonwealth will also issue GANs and commonwealth transportation fund revenue bonds in November.

The authority, which runs Greater Boston mass transit, intends to sell the bonds as part of a $574 million competitive sale.

The rating agency cautioned that rising pension costs and revenue restraints could pose challenges.

The region's slipping volume reflected a national trend.

A significant bond issue is on the town's special election ballot on Tuesday, Sept. 19.

Revenue volatility and bond-rating agency opinions can complicate states' rainy-day planning.

The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission, aided by a recent bond rating upgrade from Standard and Poor's Rating Service, has been able to refinance debt and issue new revenue bonds for millions of dollars in long-term savings.

Gov. Charlie Baker says it falls within a 'reasonably manageable' range

She was previously a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection commissioner.