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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Illinois received two downgrades Thursday, bringing it closer to a junk bond rating.
June 1 -
Illinois took a one notch downgrade from S&P Global Ratings leaving its general obligation debt at BBB-minus.
June 1 -
Once-bankrupt Detroit ended fiscal 2016 with a $63 million surplus.
May 31 -
Wayne County, Michigan hopes to parlay positive credit news into savings on an upcoming jail project issue.
May 31 -
Prospects are bleak for a breakthrough on Illinois’ two-year-old state budget stalemate.
May 31 -
Bankruptcy is no cure for junk-rated Chicago Schools’ fiscal ills, says schools chief Forrest Claypool.
May 30 -
Chicago's departing budget chief says budget gains will help the city resolve its pension problems.
May 30 -
Illinois is trying to block efforts to put Medicaid providers on par with debt service payments.
May 25 -
Chicago's school board advanced plans to sell $900 million of short-and-long term debt.
May 25 -
A coalition of prominent groups told Illinois lawmakers not to come back without a budget resolution.
May 24 -
Illinois Senate Democrats passed a $37.3 billion budget with more than $5 billion of new tax revenue.
May 24 -
Illinois still has time to solve its budget ills, according to Fitch Ratings.
May 23 -
New Indiana law paves the way for state oversight of two struggling school districts.
May 23 -
Chicago Public Schools is seeking authorization to bolster its GO authority to $500 million.
May 22 -
Illinois faces swap terminations and higher floating-rate costs if its ratings sink much further.
May 22 -
Chicago Public Schools will borrow against delayed state grants to finish the school year.
May 19 -
Tax hikes, cuts, and reforms are needed to tackle Illinois' fiscal crisis, a business group suggested.
May 18 -
Illinois Senate votes on a budget package left the fate of a 'grand bargain' unclear.
May 18 -
The merger of two Twin Cities area not-for-profit hospital systems is expected to close June 1.
May 17 -
State pension changes cleared an Illinois House committee Tuesday but their fate is uncertain.
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