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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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 -
The junk-rated district that is managing the COVID-19 pandemic's fiscal impact with the help of federal relief trimmed spread penalties as investors were drawn to the extra yield offered for the junk paper.
January 29 -
State tax collections are faring better than predicted early in the COVID-19 pandemic but uncertainties abound, says a University of Illinois task force fiscal report.
January 27 -
Gov. Tim Walz's proposed tax hikes to eliminate a budget gap and produce new revenue for his economic initiatives drew GOP backlash.
January 27 -
The Illinois legislature passed a pension benefit enhancement for a group of Chicago firefighters. If Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs it, local taxpayers will pay up.
January 26 -
Federal COVID-19 relief aid cushions the district's balance sheet but labor, state budget, and pension woes remain.
January 25
