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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Riverside is the latest Illinois municipality to be downgraded because of underfunded pensions.
November 14 -
S&P Global Ratings downgraded Oak Lawn to BBB.
November 13 -
Kane County's share of Regional Transportation Authority sales taxes backs up its pledge of toll revenue for the Longmeadow Parkway bridge.
November 13 -
Illinois' five state pension funds certified preliminary 2020 contributions may change, depending the results of planned buyout offers.
November 12 -
J.B. Pritzker coasted to victory without offering much detail about how he plans to solve the state's fiscal problems.
November 9 -
J.B. Pritzker tapped budget watchdogs and Chicago's fiscal chief for the budget transition committee.
November 8 -
The results stand to influence the municipal market through capital planning and budget actions with potential impacts on ratings and borrowing levels.
November 7 -
Chicago Heights joins the list of local governments hit with a Moody's downgrade becaue of pension funding strains.
November 6 -
Structural differences insulated Chicago bonds from the worst of the impacts of S&P's new criteria while dragging down the rating of Build Illinois debt.
November 6 -
The state's largest retirement fund is advancing the planned buyouts as its unfunded liabilities continue to increase.
November 5
