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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CHICAGO — The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District has submitted a proposal to its rate-setting commission asking voters for authority to issue $945 million of bonds in coming years to fund capital projects, many of which are required under a tentative $4.7 billion agreement reached with federal authorities to settle a lawsuit.
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CHICAGO — The St. Paul Port Authority and lawyers for a group of investors who hold a portion of its 876 Fund economic development revenue bonds will return to court later this month as litigation proceeds over the fate of $51 million of defaulted debt.
June 2 - Illinois
CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools will scale back its planned borrowing in fiscal 2012 and trim administrative costs to shave $75 million off an estimated $720 million gap in its next budget, new schools chief Jean-Claude Brizard and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Thursday.
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CHICAGO — Former Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has joined Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP — the top-ranked legal firm for city bond deals — in an of counsel role in which the firm intends to draw on his experience and relationships to bolster its continued growth, officials announced Wednesday.
June 1 - Illinois
CHICAGO — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn on Wednesday called a massive expansion of gambling approved by lawmakers this week “excessive” and the fiscal 2012 budget “unfinished” because it leaves billions of dollars in bills unpaid and cuts education funding.
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CHICAGO — Rushing to wrap up work by an adjournment deadline of midnight, Illinois lawmakers Tuesday passed a massive gambling expansion that includes a Chicago casino after their weekend adoption of a $33.2 billion operating budget for fiscal 2012 that leaves billions of dollars in unpaid bills.
May 31 - Minnesota
Minnesota has selected Jefferies & Co. to serve as the senior manager on its summer sale of $50 million of revenue bonds in what is likely the final state financing needed to fund a statewide digital-radio communications system for public safety personnel.
May 31 - Minnesota
St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman floated a plan last week to impose a 2-cents- per-drink liquor tax statewide to raise new revenue to finance a new Minnesota Vikings football stadium in Minneapolis and a series of investments in other local sporting stadiums in St. Paul.
May 31 - Illinois
The Chicago Board of Education last week approved new Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s pick of Jean-Claude Brizard to serve as Chicago Public Schools’ new chief executive officer.
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Recently retired Chicago Mayor Richard Daley has accepted an appointment at the University of Chicago to help foster policy discussions at the Harris School of Public Policy.
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CHICAGO — Should the municipal market embrace a new national conduit finance authority as a welcome addition to the arsenal of financing options, or does it threaten state imposition of legislative priorities and policies on tax-exempt bond issuance?
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CHICAGO — The financial toll of the tornado that ripped through Joplin, Mo., on Sunday, killing more than 100 and destroying a local hospital, remains unknown, but Moody’s Investors Service expects the health care system’s rating will weather the impact and Missouri said it stands ready with aid.
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CHICAGO — A Wisconsin judge on Thursday struck down the state’s controversial law that curtailed the collective bargaining powers of most public unions and raised pension contributions and health care premiums, concluding that lawmakers violated state open-meetings rules in their haste to pass the legislation.
May 26 - Minnesota
CHICAGO — The political standoff in Minnesota over taxes between Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers showed no sign of easing this week after the governor vetoed the two-year budget approved by the GOP-controlled Legislature and officials on Wednesday started planning for a possible shutdown.
May 25 - Wisconsin
CHICAGO — Milwaukee will competitively sell about $250 million of general obligation debt Wednesday as it grapples with the impact of looming state revenue cuts proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
May 24 - Illinois
CHICAGO — Illinois lawmakers entered the homestretch of their annual regular session this week facing a crowded agenda topped by budget questions, including whether to use borrowing to pay down bills — a debate that prompted a threat from the treasurer to call investors and warn them against buying state bonds.
May 24 - Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is opposed to extending a 0.1% Miller Park baseball stadium sales tax to fund a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks, according to published reports.
May 24 - Illinois
Gov. Pat Quinn last week named former Illinois Finance Authority executive director Kym Hubbard as the new chairwoman of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission.
May 24 - Illinois
New Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week signed an executive order creating a long-term budget and financial planning process.
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The Illinois General Assembly recently passed legislation to establish a commission charged with recommending the best way to implement a public-private partnership to aid in financing, construction and operation of a high-speed rail system.
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