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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The COVID-19 crisis has stretched many hospital groups, notably in Greater Boston, to their limits.
By Paul BurtonApril 8 -
More federal rescue moves are necessary for the nation’s largest mass transit system, according to the advocacy group Reinvent Albany.
By Paul BurtonApril 7 -
Lee Igel, a professor at New York University's Tisch Institute for Global Sport, examines the ripple-effect economic impact, tangible and psychological, of sports cancellations due to the coronavirus. Paul Burton hosts.
By Paul BurtonApril 7 -
Gov. Ned Lamont said the federal rescue package will provide some flexibility even as state deficits mount.
By Paul BurtonApril 6 -
The Ocean State activated a dormant disaster board for emergency borrowing, a tool not available for other states in the region.
By Paul BurtonApril 3 -
The rating agency echoed others in citing the New York transportation system's hard fall since the coronavirus outbreak.
By Paul BurtonApril 3 -
Negative outlooks trigger questions about other reeling areas in the capital markets crosshairs.
By Paul BurtonApril 2 -
The worst is yet to come from the coronavirus pandemic, said the commonwealth's revenue secretary, Dan Hassell.
By Paul BurtonApril 2 -
The rating agency expects a 'sudden and severe decline in the city's sales and income taxes' as a hit to the city's budget and economy from the coronavirus crisis.
By Paul BurtonApril 1 -
The agency placed its ratings on the MTA’s Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority general revenue bonds and subordinate revenue bonds on watch-downgrade.
By Paul BurtonApril 1