Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency issued a $4.1 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of Cerebral Palsy of Massachusetts.

Massachusetts plans to resume its MassDirect notes sale, rolling offerings for retail investors totaling $510 million over nine months.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency is soliciting nominations from so called "gateway" cities for investments that can trigger sustained economic development.

Massachusetts has come to terms with a Greater Boston transit union to release long-secretive pension data.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission granted Wynn Resorts the Greater Boston casino license as a November referendum on a casino ban looms.

Massachusetts begins a three-day retail order period for $350 million of general obligation environmental green bonds in a week in which it also has a $330 million GO refunding on the calendar.

In Rhode Island, state Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Cranston Mayor Allan Fung will face off for governor after winning primaries on a day that also featured primaries in Massachusetts and New York.

The Massachusetts Housing Partnership, which received a AA-minus rating from S&P, expects to sign a new funding agreement with Fannie Mae this week.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has issued an RFP for an air-rights project at its Hynes Convention Center station over the Turnpike.

The opening of Greater Boston's first new subway station in 27 years is a credit positive for Somerville, Mass., said Moody's Investors Service.

State Treasurer Steven Grossman is cutting into Attorney General Martha Coakley's lead in the Democratic race for Massachusetts governor, according to a poll.

A plan by New England's governors to expand natural gas capability is in question after Massachusetts tabled its support.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation has begun a program to identify areas under elevated roads, bridges and viaducts for redevelopment opportunities.

Wilmington Trust, an institutional client services and wealth advisory firm, has expanded its corporate trust business in its Boston office with the addition of three industry veterans from BNY Mellon.

Boston, Philadelphia and Baltimore typify how the 'eds and meds' presence of universities and hospitals can boost older cities' credit profiles, said Moody's.

Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric, which just retired bonds related to nuclear plant ownership, has proposed public financing and ownership of controversial new natural gas pipeline capacity.

Northeast bond issuance was stronger in the first half of 2014 than it was in the United States.

As his term winds down, Massachusetts Treasurer Steve Grossman cites enhanced disclosure, innovation and an improved bond rating.

Massachusetts lawmakers let stand Gov. Deval Patrick's veto of a measure that would have repealed subjecting the MBTA Retirement Fund to an open-records law.

An unfavorable federal ruling on high quality liquid asset status for municipal bonds would sharply curb bank appetite for munis, said economist George Friedlander.