Massachusetts

MassDevelopment received a $2.4 million federal grant to help charter schools obtain facilities under a credit enhancement program.

Massachusetts lawmakers overrode Gov. Deval Patrick's veto of a $500 million transportation funding bill that will raise the gasoline tax by 3 cents per gallon.

Gov. Deval Patrick promised to veto an $800 million transportation bill the Massachusetts legislature passed, but lawmakers are in position to override it.

Sam Gill joined Edwards Wildman Palmer as a Boston-based public finance associate, the law firm announced. He arrives from Andrews Kurth in Houston.

MassDevelopment, the finance and development arm of Massachusetts, has won the 2013 award for excellence from the Council of Development Finance Agencies.

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a $34 billion budget, but vetoed $417 million while a separate transportation bill remains unresolved with the legislature.

Massachusetts wants investor feedback about a rolling offering of general obligation bonds for retail investors.

Massachusetts lawmakers on Monday sent a $34 billion budget for fiscal 2014 to Gov. Deval Patrick, who has 10 days to review the spending plan.

Fearing sketchy revenue projections, Gov. Deval Patrick has threatened to veto a transportation spending bill that cleared the Massachusetts legislature.

Massachusetts legislative leaders compromised on a transportation bill that would generate $500 million through cigarette and gas tax hikes, and some turnpike toll restoration.

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority — the transit system that serves Greater Boston — is staring at a $118 million gap for fiscal 2014, which begins July 1.

Massachusetts Treasurer Steven Grossman announced that a bond refinancing his office closed Tuesday will save the commonwealth more than $4 million in fiscal 2014.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority will sell $500 million of senior dedicated sales tax bonds through negotiation, one week after a Moody's downgrade.

Massachusetts' $1.1 billion general obligation bond sale will include $100 million "green bonds" for environmentally sensitive infrastructure projects.

A former investment banker at Goldman, Sachs, & Co. has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine and be barred from the securities industry for five years for his involvement in a pay to play scheme involving a Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate.

Timothy Murray will resign as Massachusetts lieutenant governor to become chief executive of the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, he said Wednesday.

The Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust realized record-low borrowing costs for two bond sales totaling $202 million, state Treasurer Steven Grossman said.

Williams College will go to market with a $154 million negotiated sale of Series 2013P revenue bonds through the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency.

The Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust announced the approval of more than $6 million in principal forgiveness grants on 20 water infrastructure loans.

The National Federation of Municipal Analysts honored Massachusetts with its industry contribution award for an investor web site it introduced two months ago.