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.”
-
East Providence, despite the pandemic, has several economic development projects in the pipeline, including brownfield conversions of oil tanks to mixed-use.
By Paul BurtonNovember 6 -
The move would not resolve structural budget gaps, according to the rating agency.
By Paul BurtonNovember 3 -
Virus effects have battered New York City’s economy and by extension, the city’s budget and credit standing.
By Paul BurtonOctober 30 -
The transit agency — its revenues battered, its credit standing weakened and with no federal rescue aid in sight — looks to borrow its remaining $2.9 billion available through the Municipal Liquidity Facility.
By Paul BurtonOctober 29 -
How effectively bus and train operators can serve commuters coming out of the coronavirus pandemic remains a big question.
By Paul BurtonOctober 27 -
Squire Patton Boggs partners Rodney Slater and Alethia Nancoo view the landscape from the ground and the skies with Northeast Regional Editor Paul Burton. Slater is a former U.S. transportation secretary. Nancoo’s practice focuses on public, private and project debt finance. (31 minutes)
By Paul BurtonOctober 27 -
State housing and economic development Secretary Mike Kennealy will lead the search for a successor at the commonwealth's finance and development agency.
By Paul BurtonOctober 27 -
The two-notch lowering to A-minus precedes the transit agency's planned $258 million negotiated sale of transportation revenue refunding green bonds.
By Paul BurtonOctober 26 -
Officials from New York's MTA and the Long Island village are working on a project to build in what is now a commuter train station parking lot.
By Paul BurtonOctober 23 -
New York's mayor is shifting $466 million to the current fiscal year’s capital budget to tackle affordable housing needs to offset some of his coronavirus-related cuts.
By Paul BurtonOctober 23