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.”
- Connecticut
Standard & Poor's raised the rating of New Britain, Conn.'s general obligation pension funding bonds three notches to A from BBB, the city's rating last year after a downgrade.
January 21 -
A calm environment atypical for January, low interest rates and the floating rate note enabled New York's MTA to upsize its bond sale, said finance manager Patrick McCoy.
January 21 - New York
New York Citys "fair share" of the state's $5 billion budget surplus is $2.2 billion, according to city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
January 20 - Pennsylvania
Issuance could total $325 billion to $375 billion in 2015, Janney bond analyst Tom Kozlik told a Philadelphia investor group.
January 20 -
Oppenheimer Funds is looking over a judge's dismissal of its challenge to Rhode Island's plan to sell nearly $600 million in tobacco-settlement bonds.
January 20 -
A Rhode Island Superior Court judge dismissed a challenge by Oppenheimer Funds to the state's plan to sell nearly $600 million in tobacco revenue bonds.
January 16 -
PennsylvaniaTom Wolf will inherit a host of economic problems, sliding credit ratings and a thorny political situation when the Democrat takes office Tuesday as Pennsylvania's 47th governor.
January 16 - Pennsylvania
Gov. Tom Corbett announced the investment of $53.4 million in nine drinking water and wastewater projects across six Pennsylvania counties through Pennvest.
January 15 -
Gov. Charlie Baker named Northeastern University policy wonk and transit advocate Stephanie Pollaack as Massachusetts secretary of transportation.
January 15 - Massachusetts
MassDevelopment issues a $17 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of nonprofit CIL Realty, which plans to renovate and build 20 group homes for disabled persons.
January 14 -
Pennsylvania DOT has finalized all terms for the department's $899 million Rapid Bridge Replacement Project, Secretary Barry Schoch confirmed.
January 13 -
Connecticut's Bond Commission approved $5.75 million toward new railroad stations on the New Haven-Hartford-Springfield line and the New Haven line, Gov. Dannel Malloy said.
January 13 -
Three former chairmen of New York's MTA called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers to fully fund the authority's $32 billion capital plan.
January 13 -
The $996 million federal grant Massachusetts received to extend a Boston-area Green Line streetcar route is a credit positive, said Moody's.
January 12 -
PennsylvaniaA committee of NFL owners and players hired PFM Asset Management to oversee the investments of their defined contribution plans.
January 12 -
New YorkMayor Bill de Blasio proposed a major overhaul of New York City's corporate tax structure that would make it conform to state tax law.
January 12 -
Rhode IslandLaw firms Locke Lord and Edwards Wildman Palmer closed their $675 million merger and will operate as Locke Lord Edwards, with 1,000 lawyers in 23 locations.
January 12 - Massachusetts
In his opening speech as Massachusetts governor, Charlie Baker urged Massachusetts lawmakers and officials to deal with a projected budget deficit that could reach $1 billion.
January 8 -
Connecticut needs a secure transportation lockbox that all funds raised for transportation is spent on that, said Gov. Dannel Malloy on the cusp of his second term.
January 7 -
MassachusettsOutgoing state Treasurer Steve Grossman supports successor Deborah Goldberg's proposal for an independent budget oversight agency in Massachusetts.
January 7
