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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The Schaghticoke Tribal Nation filed a lawsuit against Connecticut, asserting a casino law is unconstitutional.
March 7 - New York
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $750 million building aid revenue bonds on March 14 after a two-day retail period.
March 7 -
MassachusettsBoston intends to come to market this week with a roughly $140 million sale of Series 2016A new-money GO bonds and an $8.1 million refunding.
March 7 -
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania slipped closer to a rating downgrade Thursday when Standard & Poors placed its AA-minus general obligation rating on credit watch with negative implications.
March 3 -
New York MTA expects to formally submit its proposed $29 billion five-year capital program to a state review board in the next month or two, an official said.
March 2 -
New YorkNew York City budget director Dean Fuleihan wants agency heads to identify "significant new savings" in time for the updated spring spending plan.
March 1 - Massachusetts
Massachusetts intends to come to market with a $1.1 billion general obligation offering, the second-largest this week.
March 1 - Rhode Island
Establishing a debt management bureau within his office will make Rhode Island more self-sufficient in that practice, said state Treasurer Seth Magaziner.
February 29 -
The MBTA, which operates the Greater Boston mass-transit system, expects to cut its projected fiscal 2017 operating deficit by 43%, to $138 million.
February 29 -
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed streetcar line through Queens and Brooklyn waterfront neighborhoods has drawn some skepticism about its funding plan.
February 26 -
New York's MTA delayed holding a vote on a pre-agreement for a 99-year lease of its former midtown Manhattan headquarters to Mort Zuckerman's Boston Properties.
February 25 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Governor Wolf has a treatable form of prostate cancer, he announced Feb. 24.
February 24 -
The full board of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority approved an additional $66 million to accelerate construction of the long-delayed Second Avenue subway line.
February 24 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo named Providence Equity Partners executive Robert S. Hull to lead the Department of Revenue, pending state Senate approval.
February 23 -
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority paid out an estimated $236 million in net swap interest the past 15 years, said a Pioneer Institute report.
February 23 -
New York's MTA will continue to sell transportation revenue bonds with a green label as long as investor demand warrants, a finance official said.
February 22 -
PennsylvaniaActivist Barry Shutt, looking for a wakeup call, intends to display his new Pennsylvania pension debt clock at the state capitol complex in Harrisburg.
February 22 - Pennsylvania
Moody's downgrades three struggling Pennsylvania school districts and withdraws their enhanced ratings based on pre-default intercept programs.
February 19 -
New YorkA nonprofit land bank could help New York City develop affordable housing units on 1,100 vacant properties, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
February 19 - New York
The New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority intends to issue $535 million of refunding bonds in two upcoming sales.
February 16
