Massachusetts

Moody's revises Boston University's outlook to positive from stable while affirming the school's A1 rating.

Amtrak countersued the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority over $30 million for track maintenance between Boston and Rhode Island.

Northeast issuers sold $57.4 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2016, a 3% increase from the first six months of 2015, according to Thomson Reuters data.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker vetoed a pilot program to test a vehicle-miles-traveled road fee system.

The control board appointed a year ago to get a handle on the troubled Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is beginning to show progress, though much work remains, Massachusetts transit advocates say.

Butler Snow has hired Stephen E. Weyl to practice law in its public finance, tax incentives, and credit markets groups in Boston.

The MBTA, which operates mass transit in Greater Boston, has issued a request for qualifications regarding an automated fare collection system.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority will be coming to market on Tuesday with its first competitive deals in at least 15 years when it puts up for bid two sales tax and assessment refinancing transactions totaling about $344.2 million.

Brexit, the United Kingdom’s referendum vote to leave the European Union, may complicate the fiscal strife facing many Northeast states by adding another variable to problems that were already present.

Massachusetts lawmakers send Gov. Charlie Baker a $39.1 billion budget amid ever-widening revenue gap projections.