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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PennsylvaniaGov. Tom Corbett deleted $72.5 million from lawmakers spending plan in a line-item veto while signing Pennsylvania's $29.1 billion budget and repeating his call for pension overhaul.
July 10 -
The chairman of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority got the message he expected in Washington: Congress will not step in should LIRR workers strike.
July 9 -
New York MTA Chairman Thomas Prendergast plans to visit congressional leaders in Washington after talks with Long Island Rail Road unions settled nothing.
July 8 -
Standard & Poor's public finance chief Steve Murphy will retire effective July 31, Murphy and the rating agency confirmed Tuesday.
July 8 -
Lead Harrisburg plan attorney Mark Kaufman and his firm, McKenna Long & Aldridge, received an award for its financial restructuring of Pennsylvania's capital.
July 8 - New York
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $1 billion in future tax-secured subordinate bonds in July.
July 8 -
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy on July 7 announced a $19.2 million package of state funding for six development and improvement projects in downtown Waterbury, as well as funding to redesign the signal system for Metro-North Railroads Waterbury commuter branch.
July 7 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island will hold another referendum in November asking voters if they want to expand gambling at the Newport Grand casino.
July 7 -
The Massachusetts Port Authority will come to market with a sale of $251.7 million of bonds for Logan International Airport improvements and refunding.
July 7 -
PennsylvaniaGov. Tom Corbett said he would decide after holiday whether to sign a $29.1 billion Pennsylvania budget that does nothing about unfunded pension liability.
July 3 -
MassachusettsPossible voter repeal of a three-year-old law authorizing casinos adds another wacky element to the Massachusetts gambling licensing process and could blow a $73 million hole in the commonwealth's budget.
July 3 -
New York's Metropolitan Transportation and a consortium of eight Long island Rail Road unions are scheduled to meet before the National Mediation Board.
July 2 -
Keolis, 70%-owned by the French national railway SNCF, assumed Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority commuter rail operations.
July 1 -
The managing directors of PFM Group Inc. closed on a capital transaction in which they own all the equity of Philadelphia consulting firm as of June 30.
July 1 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers remained stalled over pension overhaul, for which Gov. Tom Corbett is pushing for passage.
July 1 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvanias Senate on Monday afternoon was scheduled to resume debate over the House-approved $29.1 billion budget bill, amid a call for pension change by Gov. Tom Corbett.
June 30 -
Moses Afonso Ryan agreed to pay $4.37 million to settle with Rhode Island over the state's lawsuit for its role as a 38 Studios bond deal advisor.
June 30 -
James Diossa, 29, is the new face of Central Falls as the 19,000-population Rhode Island city recovers from bankruptcy.
June 30 - New York
Formalizing an agreement brokered last week with Mayor Bill de Blasio, the New York City Council approved a $75 billion municipal budget for fiscal 2015.
June 26 - Pennsylvania
Senate wrangling is next after Pennsylvania's House passed a $29.1 billion budget for fiscal 2015.
June 26
