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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Loop acquired an investment advisory firm from BMO.
January 31 -
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will unveil a proposed, fiscal 2023 spending plan Wednesday that offers some modest, one-time targeted tax relief.
January 31 -
Michigan's Democratic governor joined the legislature's Republican majorities in proposing tax relief but they have different ideas about how to do it.
January 28 -
The state-approved benefit change for some Chicago firefighters adds $180 million to the city's unfunded tab and $700 million to contributions over 30 years.
January 27 -
Wisconsin now expects a $3.8 billion surplus in its current two-year budget, setting the stage for a partisan fight over what to do with it.
January 26 -
Mark Miller will replace a retiring Jeff Freese at the helm of the KeyBanc's central team while Cain bolstered its healthcare team with Chris Whitley.
January 26 -
Gov. Tim Walz is pitching a record $2.7 billion capital bonding package and has proposals for the legislature about how to use a record $7.7 billion surplus.
January 25 -
Craig Kahler, a public finance banker who specialized in school financings and served as head of his local school board, died after a month-long battle with COVID-19.
January 24 -
Illinois' nearly exhausted $1 billion of GO bonding authority for existing pension buyout programs would get a $1 billion infusion under pending legislation.
January 24 -
Michigan's flagship public university's enjoys a healthy and diverse balance sheet but the scandal's taint poses other challenges.
January 21 -
The fiscally stressed Chicago suburb offered terms, including a 20-year maturity extension for a possible bond exchange, as it looks to restructure debt.
January 20 -
Skokie held on to its double-A tier ratings as it preps a pension obligation bond issue to bring its public safety pension funding ratios to 90%.
January 19 -
Revenue projections are higher but the good news comes with a warning that the state must proceed cautiously when spending one-time infusions of cash.
January 18 -
The junk-rated Chicago Public Schools sold $872 million of new-money and refunding bonds into a rockier market for high-yield paper Thursday.
January 14 -
COVID-19 hit the Lombard, Illinois, Westin hotel and conference center hard, knocking repayment of bonds restructured in a 2018 bankruptcy off track.
January 13 -
The financing will help pay for upgrades that will keep the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field through 2036.
January 12 -
Chicago Public Schools returns to the market after resolving a union dispute that shuttered schools amid the spreading omicron COVID-19 variant.
January 11 -
The rating agency is keeping the not-for-profit hospital sector's outlook stable as hospitals continue to benefit from the impact of federal coronavirus relief.
January 7 -
The number of hospital mergers and acquisitions dropped last year and the pandemic and federal government's actions may influence the 2022 picture
January 6 -
The state expects to cut interest costs through the early repayment on the loan taken out through the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program to help pay down healthcare bills.
January 5
