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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Moody's Investors Service downgraded Platte County after county officials talked about refusing to honor an appropriation pledge.
September 18 -
The Chicago suburb will sell $3.9 million of GOs in its first bond market appearance after allowing hotel project bonds to default.
September 18 -
Thefirefighters' pension fund says Chicago shorted it $3.3 million, and wants to use an Illinois law to intercept state grant funds.
September 14 -
The authority hasn't sold bonds since 2010.
September 12 -
The Platte County Industrial Development Authority bonds funded upgrades to a suburban shopping center near Kansas City.
September 12 -
A $10 billion POB deal would be a tougher sell now that Rahm Emanuel has said he won't seek another term.
September 11 -
Dominick Mondi will remain president of the firm's capital markets division.
September 6 -
The University of Chicago is refinancing some debt with future plans for new money
September 5 -
Moody's dropped Mount Pleasant one notch to Aa3 over risks tied to the $10 billion project.
September 5 -
Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Tuesday said he will not seek re-election next year.
September 4 -
Other bills signed by Gov. Bruce Rauner include one to support a PACE clean energy financing program.
August 28 -
The organization chose Karen Daly, Emily Brock, and Lori Schreckengost to receive the annual awards.
August 24 -
The Rahm Emanuel administration told aldermen that a POB could save $6 billion and ease future tax and fee hikes.
August 24 -
Citi's assessment is conditioned on pension obligation bonds being part of a package to tackle the city's pension liabilities.
August 23 -
Illinois offered top yields to draw strong demand for its $966 million general obligation refunding.
August 22 -
Both the big Illinois bond deal and the giant Texas note sale were warmly received by investors Wednesday.
August 22 -
Moody's Investors Service dropped Beloit College's rating two notches to Ba1 from Baa2.
August 22 -
Volume was off in eight of the region's 11 states in the wake of tax reform and the end of advance refundings.
August 21 -
The document details a $1.2 billion structural imbalance in the state budget labeled as “balanced” by Democrats and Republicans alike,
August 17 -
Chicago is accepting request for qualification submissions to supplement the members of its existing pools.
August 17
