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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S&P joined Moody's and Fitch in downgrading Connecticut.
May 17 -
Authority says moves are part of a plan to improve service.
May 16 -
Hartford, Conn.’s latest downgrade shows Connecticut must help the city avert bankruptcy, said Mayor Luke Bronin.
May 16 -
Hartford, Conn. received another downgrade as S&P Global Ratings lowered the city to BBB-minus.
May 15 -
New York City will end fiscal 2017 with a $4 billion surplus, the Independent Budget Office projected.
May 15 -
Gov. Dannel Malloy presented a new Connecticut budget as two rating agencies downgraded the state.
May 15 -
Connecticut and capital Hartford face serious financial crises.
May 12 -
Growth in public pension spending drives financial stress in public higher education, a report says.
May 11 -
A Boston firm will replace Aon Hewitt as investment consultant for Connecticut state pensions.
May 10 -
New York City's Health + Hospitals unit expects to close fiscal 2017 with a $100 million balance.
May 9 -
New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to return to the catastrophe bond market.
May 9 -
Caution was the operative word as New York City’s budget director and City Council members discussed the mayor’s proposed budget.
May 4 -
Rick Kolman has joined Academy Securities as a managing director.
May 4 -
Puerto Rico's government and oversight board will both have roles, said board member David Skeel.
May 4 -
Rhode Island released its first debt affordability report since 1999.
May 2 -
New projections remove $1.5 billion of projected revenue from Connecticut's budget.
May 2 -
City comptroller calls for tighter internal targets.
May 1 -
Derailments at Penn Station are another example of New York's bedraggled transport infrastructure.
April 28 -
Connecticut's governor will meet with lawmakers in an effort to move the state budget forward.
April 28 -
New York's mayor says state inaction costs the city $450 million and delays critical infrastructure.
April 27
