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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"This is not a project we relish," city transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said while presenting options for its $3 billion-plus overhaul of part of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
October 1 -
The authority, one of the largest municipal bond issuers, will use the new benchmark to reduce its exposure to Libor, which is slated to sunset.
September 26 -
Andy Byford, president of the MTA's New York City Transit unit, said timing relative to budget cycles is essential.
September 25 -
Transportation research nonprofit TRIP said more than 7% of the state's bridges -- more than 300 -- are structurally deficient.
September 24 -
Pennsylvania’s two largest public pension systems are paying much higher private equity fees than they report -- a nearly $4 billion differential -- a finance professor told an oversight panel.
September 21 -
Amid hurricanes and other natural disasters and with federal funding a wild card, municipalities and states adjust.
September 21 -
Connecticut’s planned issue of credit revenue bonds is a “potentially terrible long-term solution,” says Municipal Market Analytics.
September 19 -
Quantifying the related financial damage will take time, said the rating agency.
September 18 -
Legacy costs are crowding out programmatic spending, according to a report by the Citizens Budget Commission's Ana Champeny and Maria Doulis.
September 18 -
Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer want to double energy efficiency investment to $4 billion over three years.
September 14 -
Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo and Republican Cranston Mayor Allan Fung will duel in November's general election.
September 13 -
The state's special commission on pension funding is exploring contributions of real-estate assets to an independently managed trust.
September 11 -
The Boston-based muni technology provider has added Tom Paolicelli, John Murphy and Brendan McGrail.
September 11 -
Toni Harp says New Haven does not intend to apply to Connecticut's oversight board despite budget struggles and deficit borrowing.
September 10 -
City officials want to avoid more draconian state oversight by the new Municipal Accountability Review Board.
September 7 -
The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency unveiled the website ahead of a $49 million sale of fixed- and floating-rate bonds.
September 7 -
The New York mayor launched an initiative to update and expand the city’s long-term strategy plan.
September 6 -
A state agency said the Luzerne County city should explore alternatives to the Act 47 workout program.
September 6 -
Ed Pawlowski will face sentencing in a federal court Oct. 23 for his conviction on corruption charges.
September 5
