Massachusetts

The MBTA, which operates the Greater Boston mass-transit system, expects to cut its projected fiscal 2017 operating deficit by 43%, to $138 million.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority paid out an estimated $236 million in net swap interest the past 15 years, said a Pioneer Institute report.

Issuers in the Northeast sold $102.9 billion of municipal bonds in 2015, almost 9% above the previous year's volume.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposed $39.6 billion executive indicates “mildly positive” credit trends, said Standard & Poor’s.

The study in contrasts these days between Massachusetts and Connecticut boils down to two words: General Electric.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and casino mogul Steve Wynn struck a deal in which the city dropped its lawsuit to stop a casino in a neighboring community in exchange for $68 million in mitigation funds.

Unused sick time among Greater Boston transit employees amounts to a perk of up to $49 million, according to a Pioneer Institute report.

Massachusetts celebrates and Connecticut winces as General Electric announces plans to move its world headquarters to Boston.

Moody's Investors Service upgraded UMass Memorial Health Care revenue bonds out of junk to Baa3 from Ba1, affecting $265 million of rated debt.

Early projections of diminished revenues at Plainridge Park Casino say little about the industry’s long-term viability in Massachusetts, said gaming chief Stephen Crosby.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Thursday terminated some contracts related to its 4.5-mile expansion of its Green Line light rail system north of Boston.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management Board and two of its executives earned top honors for innovation from Asset International-CIO.

A Suffolk County Superior Court dismissed Boston’s lawsuit aimed at stopping Wynn Resorts’ planned $1.7 billion casino in nearby Everett.

Meghan Burke, co-winner of the Fred Johnson award from Northeast Women in Public Finance, oversees public finance at Boston’s Mintz Levin.

Standard & Poor’s revised its credit outlook on Massachusetts to negative from stable Nov. 23 citing a projected decline in financial reserves.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority intends to sell $1 billion of senior sales tax refunding bonds over the next two weeks.

Massachusetts has completed a $500 million sale of Commonwealth Transportation Fund revenue bonds to help fund six new rail projects in the Bay State.

Moody's upgraded MIT spinoff Broad Institute to Aa3 with a stable outlook from A1 and positive, citing sustained growth and healthy operating cash flow.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker outlined an initiative for developing unused or underused state properties into affordable or market-rate housing opportunities.

Investors looked past an S&P downgrade and a critical control board report as the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority sold $357 million of sales tax bonds.