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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The coronavirus adds to the fiscal challenges facing the already junk-rated school district, which is the nation's third-largest.
August 18 -
Illinois' longest serving governor, James R. Thompson, died Friday due to heart complications.
August 17 -
Its $125 million taxable social bond follows a $1 billion Ford Foundation deal as part of a multi-foundation pledge in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 17 -
The authority's issue will also provide new money to help finance renovations at the state's historic capitol building in Lansing.
August 13 -
Huntington says the Michigan team that came over from Hilltop has experience covering local school districts and governments as well as the state.
August 12 -
Under a court-approved consent decree, the impoverished south Chicago suburb will keep 90% of pledged tax revenues as it works on a debt restructuring.
August 11 -
Moody's Investors Service says the appellate court decision could impede the state government's flexibility in dealing with coronavirus-driven budget woes.
August 10 -
The coronavirus is adding to strains bearing down on the city that serves as home to Southern Illinois University's flagship campus.
August 7 -
Without commenting on the legal merits laid out so far in the case, an appellate court panel concluded the lawsuit met the threshold to proceed as a taxpayer action.
August 7 -
Illinois in the spring cut its fiscal 2020 and 2021 revenue estimates by more than $7 billion due to the pandemic.
August 5 -
Ahead of the state's $1.2 billion sale next week, S&P revised its outlook on the AAA rated state to negative
August 4 -
The Illinois Public Pension Fund Association says POBs could offer a potential fix for some but some market participants urge caution due to POBs' perils.
August 4 -
UMB's appeal of a lower court decision siding with Platte County over its legal obligation to honor an appropriation pledge is being heard Wednesday
August 3 -
Minnesota’s projection of a $2.4 billion gap in the current budget cycle remains on target, but another $4.7 billion gap looms in the next two-year budget as the toll mounts for the COVID-19-induced economic shutdown and recession. The state plans to sell $1.2 billion of GOs next week.
August 3 -
The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority named underwriters and a team to sell up to $200 million of bonds to manage pandemic-driven revenue losses.
July 29 -
Minnesota's governor blames efforts to strip emergency powers he used in the fight against COVID-19 for the holdup in passing a $1.8 billion bond authorization.
July 28 -
Hospitals margins could sink to unsustainable negative levels in the last half of the year, according to forecasts.
July 23 -
Federal authorities arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder on charges he took bribes to support legislation that benefited bankrupt FirstEnergy.
July 22 -
The Detroit City Council agreed to put Mayor Mike Duggan's revised $250 milliot bond proposal on the November ballot after nixing his original plan last year.
July 22 -
The legal tussle between the Dallas-based private lender and the Chicago-based investment powerhouse continues with defamation and antitrust claims pending in separate courts.
July 21
