Paul Burton is the Northeast Regional Editor for The Bond Buyer. His major coverage has included New York City and MTA finances; the Harrisburg, Pa., debt crisis; the 38 Studios bond financing fiasco in Rhode Island; and unfunded pension liability. Paul hosts podcasts and videos and has moderated at Bond Buyer conferences. Previously, Paul was senior editor and copy chief at M&A-oriented financial media company The Deal LLC. His award-winning career has spanned financial, sports and political journalism. A Boston native, Paul is the author of the book “Tales from the Newsrooms.” He is a frequent public speaker and has appeared as an expert on municipal debt on radio and television shows, including former CBS News White House correspondent Sharyl Attkisson’s public-affairs program, “Full Measure.”
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Gov. Gina Raimondo and top lawmakers want a clearer picture from Washington over coronavirus relief aid.
September 14 -
The rating agency lowered the authority's transportation revenue bonds to A3 from A2, citing again the effects of the coronavirus.
September 11 -
S&P Global Ratings revised its outlook on Pennsylvania's A-plus rating to negative from stable ahead of Wednesday's competitive general obligation bond sale.
September 11 -
Any bonding to cover coronavirus-related budget gaps should come only with oversight from a reactivated state panel, the Citizens Budget Commission said.
September 10 -
Siddharth Singhai, chief investment officer at IronHold Capital, explores how pension funds can choose better money managers. Paul Burton hosts. (16 min.)
September 8 -
State officials would break up the Kennedy Plaza depot in Providence and create smaller hubs around the city, using bond money voters approved six years ago.
September 8 -
The governor cited budget and social justice benefits from a measure to legalize cannabis, which officials say could bring in $600 million of new revenues.
September 4 -
The short-term Municipal Liquidity Facility does not meet the city's needs, the mayor said while repeating his call for borrowing authority from New York State.
September 3 -
The university and its health system are experiencing the biggest shortfalls ever, president Thomas Katsouleas told Connecticut lawmakers.
August 31 -
The governor said the group will craft recommendations to build economic resiliency and curb costs to prepare for a post-coronavirus future.
August 31 -
Street space has become the new battlegrounds as municipalities, with fewer resources, look to reimagine themselves.
August 28 -
At a feisty board meeting, officials rolled out draconian scenarios of service cuts and fare and toll hikes should Washington help not materialize.
August 27 -
New York City's comptroller wants the mayor to pull the executive order he issued in March, when the city needed to quickly purchase ventilators and other coroavirus-related equipment.
August 26 -
Joe Torsella said the online tool will help portray long-term drivers of the state’s financial picture.
August 25 -
Online-only charters could take some market share and revenue from districts and brick and mortar charters because of the shift to virtual learning.
August 21 -
The mass transit agency, its finances reeling from the coronavirus, rejected bids from 10 different banks and sold $451 million of notes to the Municipal Liquidity Facility.
August 19 -
The level of Washington aid is but one yardstick for the fiscal soundness of the city-owned system, says the watchdog Independent Budget Office.
August 18 -
Alan Rubin, co-head of Blank Rome's severe weather emergency recovery team, examines how states and cities can better prepare for catastrophes. Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton hosts. Recorded Aug. 12. (16 minutes)
August 18 -
Slow utility responses triggered legal action and calls for changes ranging from carrot-and-stick contracting agreements to a municipal takeover of Con Edison.
August 14 -
It's still insufficient for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other struggling issuers, according to Reinvent Albany.
August 14
