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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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 -
New York's mayor says the fiscal climate is "plagued with uncertainty."
April 26 -
Overhaul would result in higher-rated paper, Nappier says.
April 25 -
MTA variable-rate debt is well under its policy threshold.
April 25 -
Authority plans May sales of $350M and $83M
April 24 -
Former Vice President Joe Biden urged transportation planners to get out of their comfort zone.
April 21 -
A county court judge will hear a taxpayer challenge against Scranton, Pa.'s tripling of the local services tax
April 20 -
Administrative costs for locally run Massachusetts pension systems average at least three times those of state-run systems, a report says.
April 19 -
Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin's $613 million FY18 spending plan acknowledges a $50 million shortfall.
April 18 -
Gov. Dannel Malloy said he would devote the rest of his term to patching up Connecticut's economy.
April 13 -
Central Falls, R.I., Mayor Jim Diossa discussed the city’s climb from bankruptcy to investment grade.
April 7 -
The rebranded Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank approaches infrastructure as a strategic economic development tool.
April 5 -
A federal judge approved the Rhode Island Commerce Corp.’s settlement with the SEC over the state’s failed $75 million deal with videogame company 38 Studios.
April 3 -
The board of New York’s MTA approved contracts aimed at speeding the rebuilding of the L subway line’s Canarsie tunnel by three months, to 15 months.
April 3 -
Rhode IslandRhode Island General Treasurer Seth Magaziner's initiative aims to boost local pension systems by making it easier for them to join the state system.
March 30 -
The shroud of massive federal funding cuts hang over New York City's hospital system despite the Republican Congress' failure to eliminate Obamacare, said the city's top health administrator.
March 30
