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 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 -
Several pension-related matters that impact Chicago, Cook County and suburban and downstate public safety pension funds face an uncertain fate.
January 4 -
The university is planning to sell $500 million of taxable 100-year bonds in the first quarter of 2022.
December 28 -
The Chicago suburb is planning a nearly $100 million issue to refund, restructure debt and pay down its unfunded public safety pension obligations.
December 23 -
Wisconsin closed fiscal 2021 with a record $1.18 billion positive balance based on the GAAP yardstick that had long showed the state in the red.
December 22 -
The Illinois Municipal League will press lawmakers to support giving local governments more time to hit a 90% funded ratio and lowering the target to 80%.
December 21 -
To qualify for bond credit enhancement, the state treasurer requires school districts certify compliance with a court ruling against public health mandates.
December 20 -
The Missouri State Employees Retirement System filed an amended complaint against Catalyst Capital Group Inc. accusing it of mismanaging investments. The firm counters the fund is trying to shift the blame for its own mismanagement.
December 17 -
The state says it would rid itself of a $500 million deferred maintenance tab by selling and then buying back a 30% stake in the Thompson Center.
December 16 -
Most states with remaining balances totaling $39.3 billion want more time to enact a plan to repay the loans taken out to manage pandemic-driven job claims. Interest began accruing in September.
December 14 -
Harvey began posting financial and bond delinquency notices this year as it tries to overcome its deep fiscal strains and past mismanagement that drew regulatory and bondholder ire.
December 14
