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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“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 -
Gov. J.B. Pritzker's says potential federal funding relief would go first to pay down short-term debts likes its Federal Reserve borrowing and the state's bill backlog.
February 17 -
Illinois will square off with lawyers representing John Tillman next month in his 2019 case seeking to void bonds issued to fund pensions and pay down bills.
February 17 -
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio budget proposals benefit from a revenue picture that is more optimistic than feared earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 16 -
S&P says Trinity's efforts to shed the fiscally struggling Mercy poses benefits and risks but the hospital is a small piece of the national not-for-profit's overall portfolio.
February 16 -
Fitch Ratings warns that mounting challenges posed by ratepayers of Missouri's Howard Bend Levee District put its 2005 bonds at greater default risk.
February 12 -
If voters grant $500 million in new bond authority, the agency can hold down rate increases to fund mandatory projects.
February 11 -
The Michigan-based nonprofit hospital chain expects a restructuring charge from the Mercy Hospital bankruptcy but no impact to its municipal bond debt.
February 11 -
J.B. Pritzker laid out a few details of his upcoming budget proposal, saying he won't seek a tax hike and will hold spending steady.
February 9 -
More than 30 finance chiefs of major U.S. cities sent a letter to the Biden Administration making their case for direct aid and new borrowing tools
February 9 -
The state plans a series of municipal bond sales with tailwinds from upbeat fiscal news, including its first surplus on a GAAP basis.
February 9 -
The Motor City's spread penalties were reduced by more than half compared to its previous sale in October in a deal that was oversubscribed by 20 times.
February 5 -
Steven Kantor and Kayla MacEwen join a team that has mostly come from Hilltop, expanding Texas-based Masterson Advisors' reach deep into the Northeast.
February 4 -
Joliet will finance new infrastructure with a mix of revenue borrowing and state and federal loans in an agreement that will bring Chicago $30 million annually.
February 3 -
The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center in Chicago's suburbs reopened over the summer, but isn't drawing enough business to cover a Jan. 1 debt service payment.
February 2 -
Fitch says Biden administration comments that it expects to maintain higher levels of Medicaid matching dollars through 2021 will help states.
February 2
