Massachusetts

Massachusetts Democrats nominated Steve Grossman for governor, setting up a primary battle with Attorney General Martha Coakley and upstart Don Berwick.

Standard & Poor's raised its general obligation bond rating of Westborough, Mass., to AAA.

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, in its latest timetable revision, expects to award a lucrative Greater Boston resort casino license by mid-September.

The Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust plans a $561.24 million refunding sale of state revolving fund bonds.

Fitch Ratings revised its outlook to negative from stable on $130 million of Covenant Health System revenue bonds in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management board hired Andre Clapp as senior investment officer for public markets.

Cost containment is vital to pension fund management, according Massachusetts Pension Reserves Management Board executive director Michael Trotsky.

Municipal finance advisory firm PFM Group will sponsor a seminar on financial planning in Boston for higher education business officers.

Massachusetts is preparing to offer another round of so-called green bonds to investors, state Treasurer Steven Grossman said on Earth Day.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, which operates Greater Boston's mass transit system, intends to sell $200 million of senior sales tax bonds.

A multi-year pattern of balanced budgets helped Bridgewater, Mass., regain its credibility in the capital markets.

Massachusetts plans a sale of MassDirect notes, a rolling program aimed to attract retail investors and modeled after the U.S. Treasury's TreasuryDirect.

Michael McGirr and Erin McCafferty will join the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management private equity team.

Standard & Poor's, citing its local GO criteria, raised its rating on Boston's general obligation bonds to AAA from AA-plus,

The full Massachusetts Senate on Thursday is expected to debate a five-year transportation borrowing bill that has risen to $13.2 billion.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced $100 million in renovations to Boston's Logan Airport, to be funded through Massport's capital plan.

Under a pay-for-success initiative, Massachusetts embarks on $27 million, seven-year program designed to reduce incarceration rates for at-risk young men.

MBTA Retirement Fund officials defended the secretive practices of the $1.6 billion fund, which manages the retirement accounts of Boston-area transit employees.

Voters in Revere, Mass., approved a $1.3 billion proposal by Mohegan Sun that will compete with Wynn Resorts for the Greater Boston resort casino license.

S&P raised its GO rating for Amherst, Mass., home of the University of Massachusetts, to AA-plus from AA, citing the town's strong budgetary performance.