Massachusetts

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 Deval Patrick's veto of a measure that would have repealed subjecting the MBTA Retirement Fund to an open-records law.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

A rating boost affirms the ability of bond insurer Assured Guaranty to minimize its Puerto Rico exposure, according managing director John Hallacy.

Risk costs vary by level of bankruptcy restrictions states place on localities, an insolvency expert said at a Bond Buyer conference in Boston.

The MBTA Retirement Fund defended its performance and called a highly critical Pioneer Institute report 'preconceived."

Cronyism and “endemic” conflicts of interest make the pension fund of Greater Boston transit employees a cautionary tale, said a report by Pioneer Institute.

The Massachusetts Development Finance Agency has received a $3.9 million federal grant under the credit enhancement for charter schools facilities program.

Gov. Deval Patrick vetoed a line item in the $36.5 billion Massahcusetts budget that would have removed the MBTA retirement fund and its board from a sunshine law.

The Massachusetts Port Authority will come to market with a sale of $251.7 million of bonds for Logan International Airport improvements and refunding.

Possible voter repeal of a three-year-old law authorizing casinos adds another wacky element to the Massachusetts gambling licensing process and could blow a $73 million hole in the commonwealth's budget.

Keolis, 70%-owned by the French national railway SNCF, assumed Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail operations.

Massachusetts plans to kick off a five-year asset-liability management program with a $500 million sale of SIFMA index bonds.