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 former Pennsylvania Turnpike worker pleaded guilty and received probation in a case the judge called an "offshoot" of a pay-to-play scandal.
January 14 -
Standard & Poor's upgraded Series 2007civic facility revenue bonds issued for Polytechnic University after the school merger with NYU closed.
January 14 -
New Mayor Bill Peduto is smart to delay Pittsburgh's request to exit a state oversight program for distressed communities, capital markets observers say.
January 14 -
The Court of Appeals, New York State's highest court, dismissed Nassau County's legal challenge to the MTA's payroll mobility tax by refusing to hear the case.
January 14 -
ConnecticutArmed with triple-A ratings across the board, Greenwich, Conn., will sell $130 million to fund a music auditorium, a fire station and a nursing-home renovation.
January 14 -
The final federal hurdle Internal Revenue Service approval -- has been cleared in securing recovery zone bonds for financing the complete construction of the 80-story 3 World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer announced.
January 13 -
MassachusettsThe frenetic scramble for Massachusetts resort casino licenses has generated a host of intricate, juicy moving parts -- bizarre, even by Bay State standards.
January 10 -
ConnecticutConnecticut's overall debt has fallen by 15% over the past three years, budget chief Ben Barnes said in a report that generated back-and-forth partisan sniping.
January 10 - Pennsylvania
Former Lebanon, Pa., mayor Jackie Parker, will lead the nascent Harrisburg economic development team, Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse announced in Pennsylvania's capital.
January 9 -
Howard Permut will retire as president of Metro-North Railroad, New York's MTA announced, and be replaced by Joseph Giulietti.
January 9 - Massachusetts
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority general manager Beverly Scott will receive the Transportation Research Board's Sharon D. Banks Award for humanitarian leadership in transportation.
January 9 -
Sen. Dominick Ruggerio's bill would ban use of retirement system funds to pay Rhode Island's legal cost as it defends the unions' court fight of pension changes.
January 9 -
Metro-North would add four stations in the Bronx and provide direct access to Penn Station under a plan Gov. Andrew Cuomo endorsed in his State of the State speech.
January 8 - New York
The New York City Council voted Melissa Mark-Viverito, a favorite of new Mayor Bill de Blasio, as council speaker, arguably the city's second-most powerful position.
January 8 -
Northeastern University has scheduled a $250 million bond sale, with proceeds to help fund construction of a science and engineering building.
January 8 -
PennsylvaniaUnfunded pension liability, bond-rating scrutiny and election-year complexity hovered over Pennsylvania as state lawmakers reconvened.
January 7 - New York
New York City, looking to fend off New Jersey, renewed its lease with Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market in the Bronx for seven years.
January 7 - New York
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority intends to sell $850 million of bonds on Jan. 16, with a two-day retail period in store for most of the amount.
January 6 -
New YorkMoney owed to New York City related to defaulted Yankee Stadium garage bonds would remain unpaid until 2056, under terms of a pending deal to build a soccer stadium at one of the garage sites.
January 6 -
ConnecticutGov. Dannel Malloy said initial $2 million funding for the Connecticut Shoreline Resiliency Fund loan program that the state Bond Commission is expected to OK.
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