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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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 -
The commonwealth's rainy-day fund exceeds $2 billion for the first time in 11 years, state Treasurer Deborah Goldberg said.
December 6 -
Officials in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration trumpet New York City’s healthcare savings program. Budget watchdogs don't buy it.
December 5 -
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority faces a plate of challenges as crowded as its trains at New York rush hour.
December 5 -
Site-selection expert John Boyd Jr. breaks down who won and lost in the Amazon "sweepstakes," the role of public incentives and the next wave of corporate relocation. Paul Burton hosts.
December 4 -
The University of Connecticut envisions a development partnership through a special-purpose entity to construct a hockey arena on its Storrs campus.
December 3 -
As governments increasingly tap into analytics for policymaking, risks accompany benefits.
November 30 -
The New York City comptroller's affordable housing initiative hinges on state approval of real-estate tax shifts and the creation of a land bank.
November 29 -
Growth in "eds and meds" has bolstered the Rhode Island capital, the rating agency said in a comparison with New Jersey's capital.
November 28 -
Brock, the deputy director of the state's retirement system, will succeed Patrick Marr, who is moving to the private sector.
November 28 -
The firm, recapitalized in April, is building out its municipal market presence.
November 26
