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 Supreme Court justices offered little indication of how they lean in the case seeking to invalidate more than $14 billion of outstanding bonds.
March 18 -
Illinois rode the tailwinds of market demand for higher-yielding paper and its rosier fiscal picture, sending its primary market spreads to their lowest since 2014.
March 17 -
BJC Health System is selling $805 million of mostly refunding debt with its ratings and balance sheet intact as its manages COVID-19 pandemic wounds.
March 16 -
A bill backed by the Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund underscores the fiscal strains created by Chicago's pension underfunding.
March 16 -
The junk-rated school district won an upgrade and saw its secondary bond market spreads narrow as it expects to pocket about $1.8 billion in new aid.
March 12 -
GOP lawmakers plan to scrap some of the Democratic governor's budget priorities, which include a $2.38 billion capital plan.
March 11 -
S&P moved Illinois' outlook to stable from negative amid revenue numbers that beat pandemic-driven low expectations. The rating remains the lowest among states.
March 9 -
The Illinois attorney general and the head of conservative policy group lay out their positions next week in a case seeking to void $14 billion of state debt.
March 9 -
The museum is borrowing through the tax-exempt market for the first time to finance is ongoing transformation plans.
March 8 -
Illinois' pension crater reaches more than $300 billion under Moody's formula.
March 4 -
Robert "Bob" Borhart has joined the firm's finance department in Minneapolis in an of counsel role.
March 3 -
From the use of taxables to forward deliveries, refunding deals drove an overall 15.8% hike in Midwest bond volume that exceeded the national average.
March 2 -
The prominent private university will add $600 million to corporate CUSIP deal numbers that recorded a more than 200% increase last year.
March 1 -
Minnesota was staring at a $1.3 billion gap in its next budget cycle just a few months ago, but the new revenue and economic forecast projects a $1.6 billion surplus.
March 1 -
S&P said the proposed budget represents a step in the right direction but it will weigh the final budget and other developments before acting on its BBB-minus rating.
February 25 -
“There’s been absolutely no effort made to take this collection of ideas and price it out,” Mayor Mike Duggan said of proposals to change the city charter.
February 25 -
The facility and a majority of bondholders agreed to a restructuring that aims to ease repayment problems not solved by the previous bankruptcy in 2016.
February 24 -
The COVID-19 pandemic didn't delay the deal but it did influence the structuring of the new money and refunding deal.
February 23 -
Gov. J.B. Pritzker is still mulling action on legislation Mayor Lori Lightfoot says will add to the city's considerable fiscal burdens.
February 22 -
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's budget proposal, rosier revenue estimates and the prospects of more federal aid are only short-term salve for the state's long-term fiscal strains.
February 19
