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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Some Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers propose using money from the expected privatization of the state's liquor stores to rebuild roads and bridges.
By Paul BurtonApril 16 -
The Massachusetts House debated an alternative transportation and education financing bill one-fourth the size of what Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed.
By Paul BurtonApril 8 - Rhode Island
Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee nominated Marcel Valois to serve as executive director of the R.I. Economic Development Commission, one year after the 38 Studios fiasco.
By Paul BurtonApril 8 -
Gov. Tom Corbett has ordered a rebid of an IT contract and reviews of all vendors named in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission pay-to-play scandal.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 -
The key substantive issues differ in the Stockton, Calif., and Central Falls, R.I., bankruptcy filings, said Theodore Orson, the Chapter 9 attorney for Central Falls.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 -
City Comptroller John Liu and the New York City Pension Funds called on for-profit universities DeVry and Career Education to reveal students' debt levels.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 - Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency appointed five persons to senior management positions, executive director Thomas Gleason announced.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 -
Gov. Dannel Malloy, pursuant to a state statute, approved $95 million in bond funding for Connecticut State University System 2020 projects during fiscal 2014.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 - Connecticut
An improvement in revenue is shrinking the projected deficit and improving the outlook for the end of fiscal 2013, according to Connecticut Comptroller Kevin Lembo.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 -
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority will sell $200 million of Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority refunding bonds for capital projects.
By Paul BurtonApril 5 - Pennsylvania
The Lehigh County Authority, offering $220 million, is high bidder for a 50-year lease to run the Allentown, Pa., water system, topping several private firms.
By Paul BurtonApril 3 -
As baseball season opened, the operator of parking garages at New York's Yankee Stadium fell into default, missing a $6.9 million bond interest payment.
By Paul BurtonApril 2 - Rhode Island
A budget commission will begin moving East Providence back to local control, said Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Revenue Director Rosemary Booth Gallogly.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 - Pennsylvania
Allentown, Pa., has extended the deadline to respond to its request for bids to privatize its water and sewer utility system under a 50-year lease to noon Friday.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 - Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pa., issued a request for proposals to privatize trash pickup, but Mayor Linda Thompson's derogatory remark turned the announcement into another theater of the absurd.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 -
Altoona has received a $519,000 grant to support new technologies that will help the financially distressed city implement its financial recovery plan.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 - Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Mike Krancer will leave to rejoin the Philadelphia office of Blank Rome LLP.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 - New York
Women-owned Stern Brothers & Co. opened an office in New York City, is 15th location, and hired investment banker Donna LoCascio.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 -
New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority awarded the first contract to a company participating in its new federal small business mentoring program.
By Paul BurtonMarch 28 - New York
Uncertainty from labor contracts to bond interest rates could pressure New York City's finances and skewer projections, according to the Independent Budget Office.
By Paul BurtonMarch 27