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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St. Louis-based Ascension Health Alliance will price up to $856 million through the Wisconsin Health and Educational Facilities Authority.
October 11 -
J.B. Pritzker wants lawmakers to pool the assets of hundreds of local public safety pension funds outside Chicago into two statewide funds.
October 11 -
Fitch raised the airport's rating by one notch to A, citing rising traffic levels and robust financial metrics.
October 10 -
Moody's Investors Service cut OSF Healthcare System to A3 from A2.
October 10 -
Market demand for the high yields offered by riskier paper is pulling such credits into the market, Municipal Market Analytics says.
October 10 -
Spending and economic strains loom as challenges for the state government, S&P Global Ratings’ Carol Spain said in a recent presentation.
October 8 -
The city is asking private operators interested in leasing Lambert Airport to submit their qualifications, a move likely to lead in to a bidding process.
October 4 -
The fund is seeking to collect $1.8 million of the city's state-transferred tax funds to make up for claimed contribution shortfalls.
October 1 -
Other debts are piling up that could make it harder to craft a solution favorable to holders of the affordable housing bonds, the trustee said.
October 1 -
The judge overseeing Preston Hollow Capital's anti-trust lawsuit against Nuveen could rule any day on the claims.
September 30 -
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s first-year administration is not yet ready to tinker with the state’s underwriting pool for negotiated municipal bond sales.
September 26 -
Low taxable rates will allow the state to reap 10% present value savings while advance refunding $285 million of tax-exempt GO debt.
September 26 -
Reports from S&P Global Ratings and Moody's Investors Service highlight fiscal strains Chicago, Illinois and some local governments face.
September 25 -
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More than 300 market participants, including 100 investors, attended the city's annual conference Friday to hear from Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
September 23 -
The latest garnishment request comes as a task force on downstate and suburban public safety fund consolidation nears recommendations.
September 19 -
Fitch Ratings lowered the city’s issuer default rating to AA-minus from AA.
September 18 -
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's administration faces an $838 million budget gap as the city prepares to host investors at its annual buyside conference Friday.
September 17 -
Moody's shifted its rating outlook to negative from stable on the Chicago Catholic Archdiocese.
September 13
