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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Andrew Maylor will succeed Thomas Shack III as Massachusetts comptroller effective Feb. 18, Gov. Charlie Baker said.
January 17 -
The governor's tunnel plan tweak and call for even firmer control of the MTA reignited conflict among the state, New York City and the transit authority.
January 16 -
After bureau agents raided the City Hall office and home of Mayor Bill Courtright, council members in the northeast Pennsylvania city want answers.
January 15 -
The estimated $1.1 billion project stands to be the biggest highway undertaking in Boston since the controversial Big Dig.
January 11 -
The mayor said a millionaire’s tax, a transportation bond act, and congestion pricing could be used to help fund the nation's biggest subway and bus system.
January 11 -
SALT deduction limitations have heightened sensitivity to the property tax, an issue both complicated and visceral. Paul Burton and John Hallacy host.
January 8 -
Chuck Schumer, New York's senior senator and Senate Democratic leader, laid out the harm the ongoing federal government shutdown is doing to the Empire State.
January 7 -
Skeptics question the reliability of the new design and New York MTA's ability to execute the project cheaply and efficiently.
January 4 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday commissioned a "less invasive" alternative to New York's nearly $500 million Canarsie Tunnel repair project.
January 3 -
Bill Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance breaks down the organization's report card of the states in five crucial budgeting components. Paul Burton hosts.
January 3 -
Ned Lamont will grapple with fiscal strains, a tolling controversy, struggling cities and underfunded pensions.
December 31 -
The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission says its blueprint could save the commonwealth roughly $10 billion over 30 years.
December 28 -
The Independent Budget Office expects city debt service to rise to $8.4 billion in fiscal 2022 from $6.8 billion in fiscal 2020.
December 21 -
The commonwealth intends to sell $915 million of tax-exempt new money and refunding bonds and $50 million of taxable bonds.
December 19 -
The bank has long funded wastewater, renewable energy and brownfield remediation projects.
December 18 -
Moody's underscored the sense of uncertainty facing the Metropolitan Transportation Authority by dropping its outlook to negative.
December 14 -
Mayor Bill de Blasio's troubleshooting plan for New York public housing features three new programs.
December 13 -
Pension and other retirement benefits still pose a stiff challenge, the organization said in its annual report card on the states.
December 12 -
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants a second look at the planned L-train shutdown while Sen. Charles Schumer called the authority slow in positive train control.
December 11 -
While citing “noticeable, across-the-board improvements,” state Auditor Eugene DePasquale said significant work remains for the distressed city's three pension plans.
December 7
