Massachusetts

Gov. Charlie Baker named Northeastern University policy wonk and transit advocate Stephanie Pollaack as Massachusetts secretary of transportation.

MassDevelopment issues a $17 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of nonprofit CIL Realty, which plans to renovate and build 20 group homes for disabled persons.

The $996 million federal grant Massachusetts received to extend a Boston-area Green Line streetcar route is a credit positive, said Moody's.

Law firms Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer closed their $675 million merger and will operate as Locke Lord Edwards, with 1,000 lawyers in 23 locations.

In his opening speech as Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker urged Massachusetts lawmakers and officials to deal with a projected budget deficit that could reach $1 billion.

Outgoing state Treasurer Steve Grossman supports successor Deborah Goldberg's proposal for an independent budget oversight agency in Massachusetts.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation and the MBTA chose \Peebles Corp. of Miami to develop the $330 million Massachusetts Turnpike air rights project.

MBTA completes its funding for a $2.3 billion light rail project in Boston with a $996 million federal grant.

Boston is suing the Massachusetts Gaming Commission over its award of a license to Wynn Resorts for a gaming resort in nearby Everett.

Does disclosure, however admirable, actually contribute to an issuer's bottom line? Analysts and investors answer yes.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority has scheduled an $80.2 million competitive refunding sale of senior sales tax notes.

Gov.-elect Charlie Baker, who remembers the commonwealth's BBB days, wants Massachusetts to aim for a triple-A rating.

Massachusetts should increase its rainy-day fund and further lower its expected pension fund rate of return, incoming state treasurer Deborah Goldberg told investors.

Massachusetts investors will get to review the past four years and peer at the future at the commonwealth's fourth annual conference in Boston.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $14.6 million bond for affordable housing in Boston's Chinatown.

Massachusetts won The Bond Buyer's 13th annual Deal of the Year award Thursday night for its issuance of MassDirect notes.

The Massachusetts Clean Water Trust is planning its first green-bond sale for the week of Dec. 8, according to state Treasurer Steven Grossman.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency and the Wentworth Institute of Technology have entered into a settlement with the Internal Revenue Service to resolve tax issues relating to land located in Concord, Mass. that was acquired with bond proceeds. The institution sold the land in 1998 without redeeming bonds or finding alternative qualified use for the sale proceeds at the time.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $20 million tax-exempt bond to renovate affordable housing in Boston neighborhoods.

Most public pension funds assume rates of return inconsistent with their portfolio allocations and many invest heavily in low-yield assets such as fixed income and real estate, said a Pioneer Institute study.