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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A Cook County Circuit Court judge denied Chicagos request to keep its court-voided pension reforms in place pending an appeal.
July 30 -
The Chicago Transit Authority enters the market next week with a $176 million issue to refund some of its federal grant-backed debt for savings.
July 30 -
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel submitted bonding ordinances to authorize up to $2 billion of OHare airport borrowing as well as $675 million of general obligation and wastewater debt.
July 29 -
IllinoisSenate leaders are raising concerns over legislation passed by the House and supported by Gov. Bruce Rauner that halts cost-of-living pay raises for Illinois lawmakers in the current fiscal year.
July 29 -
WisconsinA $250 million public financing package for a new Milwaukee Bucks basketball arena is headed to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's desk.
July 29 -
IllinoisChicago officials warned state lawmakers that Gov. Bruce Rauners sweeping statewide pension proposal offers Chicago Public Schools only a temporary salve.
July 28 -
Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan wants to leave the door open for a possible U.S. Supreme Court appeal after the state's high court voided a state pension system overhaul.
July 28 -
IllinoisFitch Ratings downgraded the Chicago Board of Educations $6 billion of general obligation debt down to junk Monday.
July 27 - Wisconsin
The Milwaukee comptrollers office is accepting proposals from bond counsel firms for any city financing to cover its share of a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks.
July 27 -
IllinoisThree years after its much ballyhooed launch by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the Chicago Infrastructure Trust, slow to get off the ground, is getting a makeover.
July 27 -
A Cook County Circuit Court judge declared Chicagos overhaul of two of its four pension funds to be unconstitutional and void in its entirety.
July 24 -
Airlines that operate at the Kansas City International Airport and a city study group prefer a new terminal to renovations of the existing one.
July 23 -
IllinoisThe Illinois legislative audit commission has formally launched its search for candidates to replace retiring auditor general William Holland.
July 23 -
WisconsinThe Wisconsin Assembly will take up on Tuesday a financing plan that provides $250 million in public funds for a new Milwaukee Bucks arena.
July 23 -
IllinoisThe Chicago Board of Education authorized $1.16 billion of borrowing to pay for ongoing capital projects, to cancel swaps, and refund debt for budget relief.
July 22 -
IllinoisThe Illinois Senate president called on Gov. Bruce Rauner to offer a new, balanced budget for fiscal 2016, warning that, without action, the states battered credit faces a further hit.
July 22 -
IllinoisIllinois debt manager Jessica Akey is leaving state government to join Standard & Poors, multiple public finance sources said.
July 22 -
A federal appellate panel tossed five of 18 corruption-related counts that landed former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich a 14-year sentence in 2011.
July 22 -
The Illinois Finance Authority is rolling out a new financing program to help smaller hospitals purchase equipment and meet federal healthcare record-keeping mandates.
July 21 -
Standard & Poor's says Childrens Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota could win an upgrade if its operations remain on the upswing.
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