Caitlin Devitt has covered the municipal bond market since 2008. She began her journalism career at the Herald Newspapers on the South Side of Chicago, starting as a reporter and rising to Managing Editor. While at The Bond Buyer, she covered the Detroit bankruptcy among other Midwest-based stories. Devitt joined Debtwire Municipals in 2016, where she covered the high-yield municipal bond market for five years, before returning to the Bond Buyer as Senior Infrastructure Reporter. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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A Senate Budget Committee hearing Wednesday examined the fiscal consequences of preparing infrastructure for climate change.
July 26 -
Her prolific coverage and willingness to share knowledge with local reporters brought transparency and accountability to Midwest public finance.
July 25 -
The puzzling accounting discrepancy, which dates to 2005, threatened to lead to the rescission of $3.5 billion of contract authority for state departments of transportation.
July 21 -
"Yvette was everything a reporter should be — perpetually curious, tenacious, whip smart, and unafraid to ask the tough questions," said Mike Scarchilli, editor in chief of The Bond Buyer.
July 20 -
The measure comes after months of dire warnings over the city's looming insolvency.
July 18 -
The group of banks would pay $68 million to settle the lawsuit, which originally estimated damages at $340 million.
July 17 -
Transit capital investment grants would be funded at the lowest level in decades under the House GOP 2024 draft bill.
July 13 -
The plaintiff that brought the case on behalf of the state says the banks inflated interest rates through a private, invitation-only VRDO index that influenced SIFMA's weekly index.
July 12 -
The ruling striking down affirmative action may bring a fresh headwind to the higher education space, which already faces soft enrollment trends.
July 11 -
It's the largest federal transportation grant to date, said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
July 7 -
More than 80% of Michigan's larger cities said they are using ARPA funds for capital improvements like buildings and parks.
July 6 -
The express train last week completed a long-awaited extension to the Orlando airport.
July 5 -
The bank would be modeled in part on the Reconstruction Finance Corporation created during the Great Depression, said the bill's sponsor, Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill.
June 29 -
The new toll on vehicles entering large swathes of Manhattan will be a key part of the MTA's future capital plan.
June 28 -
Road projects make up more than half of the winning applicants, with transit accounting for another 16%.
June 28 -
Getting project grant agreements in place, which formally releases the federal funds, is taking more time than expected.
June 28 -
The Brent Spence Bridge and Hudson Tunnel were among last year's winners of the sought-after federal Mega grants.
June 27 -
The Republican ESG bill calls for studies on key muni market issues, including bans on soliciting business, ESG disclosure and investment decisions by underfunded state and local pension plans.
June 26 -
New or increased fees on electric vehicles are the second-most popular category among transportation state legislation so far this year, per ARTBA.
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The Illinois case is part of several state-level lawsuits brought by Minnesota-based municipal advisor Johan Rosenberg, accusing banks of conspiring to set the interest rates of state-issued VRDOs artificially high.
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