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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Illinois' tardy fiscal 2020 financial statements offer a view of COVID-19's early impact on the state's finances.
August 31 -
S&P has Muncie and Plainfield on its watch list with negative implications.
August 30 -
Sturdy contracts support repayment of AMP's Prairie State Energy Campus bonds but the coal-fired plant faces pressure from Illinois decarbonization legislation.
August 30 -
As hospitalizations surge because of the new coronavirus variant, Fitch Ratings and Kaufman Hall warn of threats to not-for-profit healthcare's fiscal recovery.
August 27 -
Rachael Eubanks, Suzanne Beitel, and Danielle Scott will receive Founders Awards at the Women in Public Finance conference set for Chicago next month.
August 26 -
An uptick in new money borrowing fell far short of making up for a decline in refundings.
August 24 -
Automatic deposits would flow to the near empty rainy day and pension stabilization funds if the state government's unpaid bill backlog stays under $3 billion.
August 17 -
Illinois hits the market over the next month with $500 million of new money and refunding bonds under its sales-tax backed Build Illinois bond program
August 16 -
Refinancing savings and federal relief will fill Chicago's $1 billion 2021 hole while the city ponders how to erase a $733 million gap next year as its budget takes shape.
August 12 -
A federal judge denied Nuveen's motion to dismiss Preston Hollow's antitrust lawsuit concluding a "plausible" claim exists to proceed. PHC faces a tougher legal road ahead in proving its rival orchestrated a damaging boycott.
August 11 -
Former Markham, Illinois, Mayor David Webb Jr. was accused of pocketing bribes for a project financed with bonds. He also pled guilty to criminal charges.
August 10 -
Chicago is accepting underwriter qualifications as it updates its investment banking pool; it also delayed the bidding deadline for potential casino developers.
August 10 -
Kyle Hemminger joined Cain Brothers this month in Columbus, Ohio.
August 6 -
Economic growth after the pandemic and maintaining structural balance and reserves will influence whether Fitch ultimately lifts the state to AAA from AA-plus.
August 5 -
Wisconsin's two-year budget was enacted despite the division between Democratic Gov. Tony Evers and Republicans who control the legislature.
August 5 -
Mayor Mike Duggan dodged what he considered a $2 billion fiscal bullet in the form of charter revisions as he heads to a November run-off seeking a third term
August 4 -
Illinois' single-employer pension plans are straining the budgets and ratings of those local governments without the tax base, flexiblity, and fiscal discipline to tackle rising costs, S&P says in a special report.
August 3 -
The Michigan Supreme Court sided mostly with the state in a dispute over whether it was meeting local funding obligations under the Headlee Amendment.
August 3 -
Michigan is bringing $855 million of state trunk line fund bonds to market Tuesday for road and bridge projects.
August 2 -
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan warns the revisions threaten the city's post-bankruptcy fiscal progress, but the charter commission calls the claim greatly exaggerated.
July 30
