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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Patrick McCoy, the finance director New Yorks Metropolitan Transportation Authority, was elected president of the Government Finance Officers Association.
February 9 -
PennsylvaniaA grim Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf urged lawmakers to plug a $2 billion budget deficit that he said has bond rating agencies poised for more downgrades.
February 9 -
New Britain, Conn.'s bond rating has soared, thanks to a turnaround led by twentysomething Mayor Erin Stewart.
February 9 -
PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf will release his fiscal 2017 budget with the current one still unfinished and amid a Moody's warning about escalating pension costs.
February 8 - New York
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is pitching a 17-mile surface streetcar to run north-south through parts of Brooklyn and Queens and parallel to the East River.
February 5 - Massachusetts
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Bakers proposed $39.6 billion executive indicates mildly positive credit trends, said Standard & Poors.
February 4 -
ConnecticutCiting declining revenues and a shaky economy, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy ordered across-the-board agency budget reductions of nearly 6%.
February 3 -
Rhode IslandRhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo continued her theme of jobs and economic development in submitting her $9 billion budget for fiscal 2017, which includes $230 million in bond requests.
February 3 - New York
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced procurement rule changes to help increase city contract awards to minority- and women-owned business enterprise firms.
February 2 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner has been named 2016 financial literacy committee chairman for the National Association of State Treasurers.
February 2 - New York
While federal aid to New York City dropped about $1 billion over five years, the total is flat aside from stimulus and Hurricane Sandy funding, said the Independent Budget Office.
February 2 - New York
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $1 billion in future tax secured subordinate bonds on Feb. 9, city officials announced.
February 2 -
The Connecticut Bond Commission approved $17.5 million in state funding for the design, engineering and construction of a rail yard on the Metro-North Railroad Danbury branch line in Norwalk.
February 1 -
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo is scheduled to deliver her annual budget address with jobs, economic development and truck tolls her expected focus.
February 1 -
ConnecticutThe study in contrasts these days between Massachusetts and Connecticut boils down to two words: General Electric.
January 29 -
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and casino mogul Steve Wynn struck a deal in which the city dropped its lawsuit to stop a casino in a neighboring community in exchange for $68 million in mitigation funds.
January 28 - Rhode Island
Former Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci, who oversaw a revival of Rhode Islands capital city but also served five years in prison, dies at age 74.
January 28 -
Unused sick time among Greater Boston transit employees amounts to a perk of up to $49 million, according to a Pioneer Institute report.
January 27 -
Three months after its board approved a five-year, $29 billion capital program request, officials from New York's MTA are still fielding questions about the uncertainty of funding.
January 27 -
New YorkDale Horowitz, upon receiving the second annual Jim Lebenthal Infrastructure Champion Award, paid homage to his longtime friend.
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