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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A state judge has effectively pulled back the curtain that has long shrouded the controversial 38 Studios loan guarantee. And Rhode Island is waiting.
By Paul BurtonSeptember 1 -
Pennsylvania Auditor Eugene DePasquale will audit Allentown's school district for possible violations of sunshine and ethics laws.
By Paul BurtonSeptember 1 -
New York City paid out $495 million in settlements and judgments in fiscal 2013 and a further $550.3 million in 2014, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
By Paul BurtonAugust 28 -
A Rhode Island judge ordered the release of all documents in the state's lawsuit over the failure of 38 Studios, the video game owned by former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling.
By Paul BurtonAugust 28 -
The legal battles over funding for the distressed Chester Upland, Pa., School District's charter schools have triggered debate over investor risk.
By Paul BurtonAugust 28 -
Workers began installing the first sections of rail on the Long Island Rail Road's $388 million Double Track Project, funded in the MTA capital plans.
By Paul BurtonAugust 27 - Rhode Island
Andrew Roos, Rhode Island Treasury chief of staff the past 2-1/2 years, will leave for the private sector with Jeff Padwa the interim replacement.
By Paul BurtonAugust 27 -
The reconstruction New York's LaGuardia Airport could trigger more public-private partnerships including the proposed air-train connector, P3 experts say.
By Paul BurtonAugust 27 -
Livery-service tax overhaul could help fill the $2.6 billion gap in New York MTA's proposed capital plan, said the Citizens Budget Commission.
By Paul BurtonAugust 26 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's budget impasse continues after the legislature failed to override Gov. Tom Wolf's veto of the $30 billion fiscal 2016 spending plan.
By Paul BurtonAugust 26 -
The New York Power Authority finished $2.1 million in energy efficiency upgrades at the MTA's Metro-North Railroad North White Plains Train Yard.
By Paul BurtonAugust 25 -
Nanticoke is the first city and 10th municipality to exit Pennsylvania's Act 47 workout program for distressed communities, state officials say.
By Paul BurtonAugust 25 -
A $1 billion funding gap could jeopardize completion of the Green Line streetcar extension north of Boston, Massachusetts transportation officials say.
By Paul BurtonAugust 25 -
The political bickering that litters the New York-area transportation funding landscape raises doubts about big projects such as the LaGuardian Airport renovation and Hudson River train tunnels.
By Paul BurtonAugust 21 - Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Wolf and legislative leaders resumed negotiations Thursday that could break a seven-week stalemate over Pennsylvania's proposed $30 billion fiscal 2016 budget.
By Paul BurtonAugust 20 - Pennsylvania
As Pennsylvanias budget stalemate lingers, health and human services organizations want Gov. Tom Wolf and the legislature to provide a stopgap spending plan.
By Paul BurtonAugust 18 -
The new fiscal control board that oversees Greater Bostons mass transit system is tightening its oversight of commuter rail subcontractor Keolis.
By Paul BurtonAugust 17 - New York
The New York State Common Retirement Fund returned 0.52% s overall in the fiscal 2016 first quarter, said Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
By Paul BurtonAugust 14 -
Pennsylvania issued a request for proposals to hire a law firm to initiate clawback from participants in the Harrisburg incinerator bond financing fiasco.
By Paul BurtonAugust 14 -
Storm resilience could represent an ideal application for social impact bonds, some advocates say.
By Paul BurtonAugust 13









