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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Its $17 billion operating plan projects $4.5 billion in Washington assistance next year while sidestepping — for now — doomsday service cuts and layoffs.
December 17 -
Ken Lind, leader of Nixon Peabody's project finance and public finance group, breaks it down by sectors and financing instruments. He also examines virus-related SEC disclosure guidance plus the planned phaseout of Libor. Paul Burton hosts. (38 minutes). Recorded Dec. 2.
December 15 -
Joe Torsella still advised that such a move to backstop the commonwealth's two largest public retirement funds is no panacea.
December 15 -
The state's largest authority pulled off a $1.23 billion issuance that included its inaugural green bonds, and it did so during the height of the coronavirus pandemic.
December 14 -
Pinned into a corner from the economic effects of COVID-19, the mass transit agency tapped its remaining amount available through the Municipal Liquidity Facility, which expires at year's end.
December 10 -
Bridge funding from a lame-duck Congress could help plug operating deficits and stave off doomsday measures, agency leaders insist.
December 10 -
Non-profitsConduit issuer Trust for Cultural Resources for the City of New York will issue the $77 million green transaction.
December 10 -
Predictably, the rating agency cited COVID-19 effects in its downgrade to AA-minus from AA.
December 9 -
The outlook revision to New York's AA GO bond rating marks the latest hit to a city coping with a rise in COVID-19 cases and financial uncertainties.
December 8 -
Jonathan Ballan, co-chair of the public and project finance team at Cozen O’Connor, calls for new categories of tax-exempt bonds to help urban areas redevelop from COVID-19. He also makes a deeply personal appeal to tighten cybersecurity laws. Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton hosts. Recorded Nov. 19. (27 minutes)
December 8 -
The Center for an Urban Future presents project ideas for coastal resilience and renewable energy.
December 7 -
Uncertainties loom as Mayor Bill de Blasio’s budget team scrambles to craft the balanced fiscal 2022 spending plan he must reveal by late January.
December 4 -
For the last seven years, he held a similar position for U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin, D-R.I.
December 3 -
The university will begin its two-day retail order period Friday.
December 2 -
'I’m good at guarding things,' said the retired Army Reserve colonel, who will become Pennsylvania's next treasurer.
November 30 -
The rating agency cited coronavirus-related curbs on economic activity in the commonwealth.
November 25 -
He was remembered for an evenhanded persona amid a tumultuous term from 1990 to 1993.
November 24 -
Lawmakers choose a scoop-and-toss move despite calls for better targeting of the federal funds.
November 24 -
New York's mayor says the budget for the 2021 fiscal year is balanced despite the coronavirus impacts.
November 23 -
The election defeat of House Speaker Nicholas Mattiello changes the Ocean State's political playing field as it faces a $275 million deficit.
November 20
