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 state's net position worsened to negative $189.1 billion according to the CAFR, which arrived almost 14 months after fiscal 2018 ended.
August 29 -
Janicik helped build Mayer Brown's regulatory, government relations, public law and municipal finance practices; he's remembered for integrity and generosity.
August 22 -
Market participants are questioning IFS' future and how a rogue trader engaged in unsupervised trades.
August 21 -
The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority received a two-notch S&P Global Ratings upgrade to BBB.
August 21 -
Municipal bond issuers in the Midwest recorded a healthy year-over-year volume gain, in contrast to flat nationwide numbers.
August 20 -
Moody's upgraded the Lincoln-Way district, saying it has effected a fiscal turnaround after the management woes and investigations that sent it to junk in 2016.
August 19 -
An Illinois circuit court judge will decide whether the case can proceed by the end of August.
August 16 -
Lori Lightfoot's Aug. 29 speech comes one month ahead of the city's annual investors' conference.
August 16 -
Jack D. Davis II will decide by the end of the month whether to let the lawsuit challenging $14.3 billion of state debt proceed.
August 15 -
Rogue employee’s ‘unauthorized transactions’ result in ‘substantial losses’ to Atlanta broker-dealer The firm has notified regulators and the FBI about the alleged illegal, off-book trade activity, which sources say cost the firm more than $10 million.
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