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 sale of Illinois' Chicago headquarters is the latest issue caught in political gridlock.
May 5 -
S&P dropped $244 million of bonds issued for an Indiana P3 further into junk territory.
May 5 -
Moody’s Investors Service placed an Indiana school district on review for upgrade after the state changed its school credit enhancement program.
May 5 -
Cook County is losing Ivan Samstein to the University of Chicago.
May 4 -
Milwaukee takes competitive bids on $270 million of debt Thursday.
May 3 -
The Oversight Board filed the petition with U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico.
May 3 -
Advisory firm Umbaugh named Marvin Founds as its first director of Ohio education finance.
May 2 -
MetroHealth's ratings tumbled three notches to reflect its sizable new debt load.
May 2 -
Wisconsin heads into the market over the next week with nearly $1 billion of debt in three deals.
May 1 -
Mayor says Chicago Public Schools will remain open despite court defeat.
April 28 -
Illinois delays in grant payments to districts like CPS adds to its liquidity woes.
April 28 -
Chicago's final pension fix passed the House but needs Republicans on board if the governor vetoes it.
April 28 -
The Cleveland City Council signed off on its committment to help fund Cavs' arena upgrades.
April 27 -
Indiana passed a law to respond to S&P's critique of its school bond intercept program.
April 27 -
Illinois public university presidents sounded alarms about the historic state budget impasse.
April 26 -
The Illinois Tollway's board of directors will consider adding $1.3 billion to its bond issuance plans.
April 25 -
Indiana and its private partner on the troubled Interstate 69 road project face new fiscal hurdles.
April 25 -
A new state budget is headed to Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb's desk.
April 24 -
The Iowa fertilizer project used more than $1 billion of private-activity borrowing.
April 21 -
The rating pains of Illinois' public universities took a turn for the worse.
April 21
