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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Andy Byford, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's transit division, wrote a letter of resignation before rescinding it.
October 21 -
Climate expert Alan Rubin of Blank Rome LLP discusses resiliency and recovery funding mechanisms, rating agency dynamics and how states and cities can cope effectively. Paul Burton hosts.
October 15 -
Massive borrowing for essential projects in the face of a projected deficit spike is a dilemma as its $51.5 billion capital program undergoes scrutiny.
October 10 -
Green bonds and taxables dominate the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority's $620 million sale.
October 9 -
Variables related to other post-employment benefit liabilities jeopardize core services in the tri-state area, said the Manhattan Institute.
October 8 -
Most of the deal from Connecticut's largest city will be taxable, with the lion's share going to a pension fund.
October 8 -
The Bourne and Sagamore bridges over the Cape Cod Canal are functionally obsolete, according to their owner, the Army Corps of Engineers.
October 7 -
New approaches to an often a vexing chore for muni issuers could break new ground in confronting climate change.
October 4 -
Municipal bonds were on the move Wednesday as two big issuers came to market with over $1 billion of transportation bonds.
October 2 -
Mismanagement of real-property related taxes may be shortchanging an MTA revenue stream, said city Comptroller Scott Stringer.
September 30 -
A novel approach is necessary, former Housing and Urban Development secretary Heny Cisneros said at the Rhode Island Infrastructure Bank's summit in Providence.
September 26 -
The capital plan's unknowns include its effect on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority's debt levels and rating agency perceptions.
September 26 -
More than 1,000 Rhode Island jobs are riding on a proposed 20-year, $1 billion gambling contract extension, the governor said.
September 25 -
A bidding conference will solicit technological innovations and proposals for reimagining signal systems.
September 24 -
Paul Burton hosts from the Villanova School of Business campus in Philadelphia with finance professor David Fiorenza, where he and his "economics of art and entertainment" students discuss sports betting, casinos, stadium financing and Detroit bankruptcy art assets.
September 24 -
Chief of Administration and Finance, Collector-Treasurer, City of Boston
September 23 -
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The Connecticut Housing Finance Authority will price the housing mortgage finance program bonds through negotiation.
September 23 -
States and cities have begun to factor climate risk into budgetary and other planning.
September 20 -
Jasiel Correia II, accused separately of shaking down marijuana vendors and defrauding investors, still finished a distant second in the Fall River race.
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