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.

Transparency following an unusually harsh winter and amid other challenges sends an important message to bond rating agencies, said Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a five-year, $82.7 million resiliency plan for the MBTA after a winter that paralyzed the transit system.

Brattle Group of Cambridge, Mass., will complete an independent analysis of the potential impacts to Boston of the 2024 Summer Olympic, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced.

Beverly Scott, the animated former general manager of the Greater Boston transit system, says states and localities must push for new infrastructure investment.

The Massachusetts legislature’s joint committee on transportation has scheduled a public hearing on Gov. Charlie Baker’s bill to overhaul the MBTA.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management board has received an award for financial reporting excellence from the Government Finance Officers Association for the 10th straight year.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker halted the expansion of the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, questioning whether the project's economic impact could justify the state taking on an additional $1 billion in debt.

After Boston’s mass transit system ground to a halt during the winter, the wheels for overhauling the agency that runs it have begun to turn.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management board named David Gurtz interim CFO and COO and promoted Sarah Samuels to deputy chief investment officer.

Gov. Charlie Baker, acting on several recommendations by a special panel, filed legislation to establish a fiscal control board to run the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.