Massachusetts

The new fiscal control board that oversees Greater Boston’s mass transit system is tightening its oversight of commuter rail subcontractor Keolis.

Issuers in the Northeast sold $54.2 billion of municipal bonds in the first half of 2015 rising 26% compared to the first six months of 2014.

University of North Carolina professor Pab Jotikasthira wins the James A. Lebenthal Memorial prize for best paper submitted at the Brandeis Municipal Finance Conference.

President Obama appointed Beverly Scott, former general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, to the National Transportation Safety Board.

The addition of Plainridge Park Casino, the first to open in Massachusetts, has heated up the competition for gamblers, according to Fitch Ratings.

Former Detroit emergency manager Kevyn Orr will speak at a municipal finance conference in Boston hosted by Brandeis International Business School and the Federal Reserve Bank.

Massachusetts Port Authority officials say upgrades from two rating agencies boosted their $171.5 million revenue bond sale.

Gov. Charlie Baker appointed the five-member Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority control board right after signing the $38 billion fiscal 2016 budget.

Massachusetts lawmakers send a $38 billion budget to Gov. Charlie Baker one week after fiscal 2016 began.

A report co-authored by Harry Markopolos, who offered unheeded early warnings of Bernard Madoff's fraud, said the pension fund of Greater Boston transit workers may be overestimating its value by up to $470 million.