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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Bankruptcy hearings are underway for Lindan Properties, one of five troubled bond-financed Better Housing Foundation affordable housing portfolios in the area.
February 24 -
November's progressive income tax referendum looms large over Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed fiscal 2021 budget and the state's long-term fiscal prospects.
February 21 -
Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a $42 billion general fund budget for fiscal 2020.
February 20 -
The Illinois attorney general fires back in petitioner's effort to resurrect lawsuit that seeks to void $14.3 billion of state bonds.
February 19 -
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will unveil a proposed fiscal 2021 budget Wednesday.
February 14 -
Illinois freed up $500 million in capital funding for a University of Illinois research center that will anchor the development.
February 12 -
State Comptroller Susana Mendoza released interim numbers because the state's comprehensive annual financial report for fiscal 2019 is unfinished.
February 11 -
The state conduit that issued $170 million of defaulted Better Housing Foundation bonds is weighing in as S&P prepares housing bond criteria changes.
February 10 -
The state's lookback at gambling revenues since 2012 comes as a large-scale expansion looms.
February 7 -
A proposed asset sale would resolve — with a loss for bond investors — one of five Better Housing Foundation-owned portfolios in default in the Chicago area.
February 5 -
The Palmyra-Eagle Area School District is now saddled with a junk rating amid fiscal and leadership turmoil.
February 5 -
If the new projections bear out Wisconsin would bolster cash and reserve balances while trimming a longstanding GAAP deficit
February 4 -
The public agency that owns and operates Chicago's convention center took the "acting" off Larita Clark's CEO title this week.
January 31 -
Two veteran Chicago-based public finance attorneys — Lance Tyson and Glenn Weinstein — are joining Miller Canfield's team.
January 30 -
The market awaits Gov. J.B. Pritzker's fiscal 2021 budget proposal next month before turning to November's progressive income tax vote.
January 29 -
The impoverished Chicago suburb is working on a settlement to provide bondholders with some revenue while allowing the city to operate.
January 28 -
A new hospital and network of community health centers are part of the $1.1 billion capital proposal from the four fiscally strained South Side hospitals.
January 24 -
Miroslava Mejia Krug is a veteran of top fiscal posts at two Chicago-area private higher education institutions.
January 23 -
The Palmyra-Eagle district can't dissolve, and must find a way to close a looming budget gap as its reserves and enrollment dwindle.
January 22 -
Gov. Tim Walz's plan relies on $2 billion of new general obligation borrowing.
January 21
