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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Pushing off painful decisions tanked Illinois' ratings while California reaped spread and rating benefits from better choices.
April 20 -
The deal absorbs the debt of newly acquired systems, and SSM says it will "materially" lower interest.
April 20 -
Illinois remains delinquent on transit aid payments, highlighting the need for RTA's working cash authorization.
April 19 -
Local government public safety pension funds are armed with new funding enforcement mechanism.
April 18 -
S&P Global Ratings still has the district well inside junk-bond territory at a B rating.
April 17 -
A banking industry official warned aldermen that some institutions would cut ties to the city if it enacted such an ordinance.
April 17 -
Final price approval for a $1 billion airport terminal plan is being pushed off as more gates are added to the project.
April 13 -
Enhanced security at schools has received heightened attention in the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, school massacre.
April 13 -
Fitch said Chicago's modernization plans may not protect O'Hare against rating pressures as debt levels swell.
April 12 -
The deal would have extended the three-hospital Rush system’s reach, while providing Little Company of Mary Hospital a more affluent partner as it struggles with red ink.
April 12 -
Chicago suburb warns of "catastrophic” impact of state withholding funds.
April 11 -
The Branson Airport settlement resolves bond claims and provides cash operators say is needed to stay afloat.
April 10 -
Illinois lawmakers returned to work this week with less than two months to settle on a budget.
April 10 -
Though the legal setback is "harmful" to the Chicago Park District's plan to increase pension funding, it doesn't cause a budgetary crisis, S&P said.
April 9 -
Morgan Stanley will run the books on several negotiated deals that are part of about $360 million in local government borrowing planned.
April 9 -
Illinois spreads are rising as the state plots its first sale of 2018 for May.
April 6 -
Moody's threw cold water on Chicago's position that O'Hare's ratings can withstand new terminal debt.
April 6 -
Voters in Wisconsin also rejected a measure to abolish the state treasurer's office.
April 4 -
A proposed Chicago ordinance would press banks on gun control.
April 3 -
Moody's labeled the Illinois high court's refusal to hear an appeal on step raises a "credit negative" for the state.
April 2
