Yvette was a senior reporter, covering the Midwest. She earned a bachelors in journalism from Columbia College Chicago, began her reporting career at the storied City News Bureau of Chicago, and joined the Bond Buyer in 1997 leading Midwest coverage from her hometown Chicago.
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The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund's new power to intercept Harvey's pool of state revenues complicates settlement efforts with the city's public safety funds.
June 12 -
Riverdale, Illinois, will leverage its share of state income tax taxes with a junk-rated deal.
June 11 -
A judge signed off Thursday on the city's interim settlement with its police and fire pension funds,
June 7 -
An overhaul trimmed $7 billion from the fund's pension liability, but an $11.7 billion liability remains.
June 6 -
Municipal analysts see the holes in the spending plan, but secondary market traders reacted positively.
June 5 -
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner and lawmakers acknowledged much work remains to be done to put the state on sounder fiscal footing.
June 4 -
They see aggressive assumptions and a failure to tackle long-term problems like pension underfunding.
June 1 -
Moody's Investors Service issued a sobering take on the state's liabilities as lawmakers celebrated passage of an on-time budget.
May 31 -
A settlement would free up some state-intercepted revenues for the city while sending some overdue contributions to the funds.
May 31 -
Gov. Bruce Rauner said he will sign the budget state lawmakers approved Thursday.
May 31 -
The legislation would empower the state treasurer to buy up to $2 billion in vouchers for bills the state has not paid.
May 30 -
Eric Greitens hands the reins of state government over to his lieutenant governor Friday.
May 30 -
What's in the next Illinois budget is more important to S&P Global Ratings than whether it is passed soon.
May 29 -
The outcome clearly places bondholders behind pension funds, according to Moody's Investors Service.
May 29 -
Harvey's revenue bondholders will get a piece of the city's intercepted revenues while the police fund has to wait.
May 24 -
Veteran banker Michael Placencia will lead the firm's transportation and infrastructure efforts.
May 23 -
Water, wastewater, and securitization deals, and possibly an O'Hare airport sale, are still to come from Chicago this year.
May 23 -
Harvey, Illinois, bondholders continue to get the city's home-rule taxes, but lose the city's share of state taxes.
May 22 -
The Illinois city's revenue bondholders want any legal settlement to prioritize their claim over those of pension funds.
May 18 -
The district priced debt Thursday at narrower spreads than it faced in a November sale.
May 18
