Massachusetts

Lawmakers will get a chance to override the governor's vetoes.

Uncertainty affected school and university budget planning in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Costly mandates and aging infrastructure are among the challenges S&P cited.

Massachusetts legislators finally agreed to terms on a $40.2 billion budget for fiscal 2018.

Massachusetts legislators expect to vote Friday on the final version of a state budget.

The Massachusetts House speaker urged lawmakers to move on a budget before a marijuana bill.

Wells Fargo Securities hired four public finance veterans for key roles in its government and institutional banking group as it expands its housing and higher education teams.

Gov. Charlie Baker wants Massachusetts to provide up to $500 million over five years for life sciences.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will conduct a study to identify commuter rail needs and improvements.

Massachusetts’ downgrade by S&P Global Ratings affects $22 billion in GO debt.

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its ratings on the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' approximately $22 billion of parity general obligation (GO) bonds outstanding to 'AA' from 'AA+' and its rating on Boston Housing Authority housing project bonds,

The pension fund for Boston-area transit workers needs roughly $1 billion over 18 years, an official said.

Sonia Toledo will head a new specialty area focusing on state, city and county general finance at Frasca & Associates. Toledo joins Frasca from Wells Fargo Securities where she worked for the past seven years.

Administrative costs for locally run Massachusetts pension systems average at least three times those of state-run systems, a report says.

Citing good management with "strong" financial policies and practices, a major agency recently reaffirmed the city's AAA bond rating, which lets Newburyport buy bonds at lower interest rates.

Municipal bonds ended stronger on Thursday as the last big deals of the week hit the muni market, led by the institutional pricings of the large Massachusetts and California offerings.

Cambridge raised $2 million through a sale of community-sourced minibonds, which the city and its underwriter say could further a trend in the municipal bond marketplace.

Massachusetts intends to hold three negotiated bond sales through June totaling nearly $1.3 billion, state Treasury officials tell investors.

Massachusetts intends to hold three negotiated bond sales through June totaling nearly $1.3 billion, state Treasury officials tell investors.

Massachusetts local, regional and agency public pension systems should transfer their assets to the state-run PRIM board, said a Pioneer Institute report.