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Yvette Shields

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Meter Battle Rages On
September 15, 2009 A lawsuit filed by a Chicago-area citizens group seeking to void the city’s controversial $1.12 billion 75-year lease of...

Daley’s Olympian Approval
September 15, 2009 The Chicago City Council last week gave Mayor Richard Daley approval to sign the International Olympics Committee’s host...

Minnesota Readies Its First Negotiated Deal With $480M
September 15, 2009 CHICAGO — In a transaction that will mark the state’s first-ever use of negotiation to sell its general obligation...

Wells Fargo Adds 3 Public Power Vets, 2 Bankers From BOA
September 16, 2009 CHICAGO - Wells Fargo & Co. yesterday announced the hiring of three veteran public power and two prominent public finance...

Wisconsin Will Buy Troubled Exposition Center With GO Proceeds
September 17, 2009 CHICAGO — Wisconsin has agreed to purchase with general obligation bond proceeds the struggling Wisconsin Exposition...

Evolving Chicago-Area University Plans $210M for Building
September 18, 2009 CHICAGO - Downtown Chicago-based Roosevelt University is planning to sell up to $210 million of new-money and refunding bonds...

Chicago Transit Dropped
September 21, 2009 CHICAGO - Moody's Investors Service yesterday downgraded the Chicago Transit Authority's $1.9 billion of debt from its 2008...

Quinn Taps New IHDA Chief
September 22, 2009

The Downfall of Dane
September 22, 2009

Concordia U. Drops a Notch
September 22, 2009

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