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 school official called the coronavirus-related hit "a temporary blip," and said the rating agency moved too quickly.
November 13 -
Municipal water and sewer utilities are considered among the best positioned public finance sectors to confront COVID-19 related credit risks.
November 11 -
The contest that took nearly a week to finalize was among several races that epitomized the state's sharp political divide.
November 11 -
Rachael Fauss of watchdog Reinvent Albany discusses the importance of transparency amid the pandemic. She also explores state-agency debt and the Fed's Municipal Liquidity Facility. Paul Burton and Andrew Coen host. Recorded Nov. 2 (19 minutes)
November 10 -
MBTA officials insist the moves, which include a capital-to-operating budget shift, are necessary to help seal a coronavirus-related $579 million operating gap.
November 10 -
East Providence, despite the pandemic, has several economic development projects in the pipeline, including brownfield conversions of oil tanks to mixed-use.
November 6 -
The move would not resolve structural budget gaps, according to the rating agency.
November 3 -
Virus effects have battered New York City’s economy and by extension, the city’s budget and credit standing.
October 30 -
The transit agency — its revenues battered, its credit standing weakened and with no federal rescue aid in sight — looks to borrow its remaining $2.9 billion available through the Municipal Liquidity Facility.
October 29 -
How effectively bus and train operators can serve commuters coming out of the coronavirus pandemic remains a big question.
October 27 -
Squire Patton Boggs partners Rodney Slater and Alethia Nancoo view the landscape from the ground and the skies with Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton. Slater is a former U.S. transportation secretary. Nancoo’s practice focuses on public, private and project debt finance. (31 minutes)
October 27 -
State housing and economic development Secretary Mike Kennealy will lead the search for a successor at the commonwealth's finance and development agency.
October 27 -
The two-notch lowering to A-minus precedes the transit agency's planned $258 million negotiated sale of transportation revenue refunding green bonds.
October 26 -
Officials from New York's MTA and the Long Island village are working on a project to build in what is now a commuter train station parking lot.
October 23 -
New York's mayor is shifting $466 million to the current fiscal year’s capital budget to tackle affordable housing needs to offset some of his coronavirus-related cuts.
October 23 -
In this Rising Stars installment, Amanda Stephens of Orrick and Jeffrey Lack of Fitch Ratings explain how they launched their public finance careers, what motivates them and who inspired them. Paul Burton hosts. (20 minutes)
October 22 -
Options for local governments amid the coronavirus range from rainy-day withdrawals to pension payment delays, and renewed calls for shared services and mergers.
October 21 -
Head of Municipal Credit Research, Columbia Threadneedle Investments
October 19 -
Director and Head of the Central Region Public Finance Group, Academy Securities
October 19 -
Finance commissioner Jacques Jiha will succeed Hartzog, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.
October 19
