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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Maryland Heights, Missouri, believes the fiscal strains from the St. Louis Blues practice facility will fade as activity picks up without pandemic restrictions.
October 13 -
Cleveland-based public finance banker Tim Reidy joined Raymond James as a managing director.
October 13 -
Ohio's growing economic diversity helped draw a positive outlook from Moody's, a month after a Fitch Ratings upgrade.
October 12 -
The proposed county budget, buoyed by rising tax revenues, a healthy fund balance and pandemic relief, stays the course on supplemental pension funding.
October 11 -
The consolidation of suburban and downstate firefighter pension fund assets is nearly complete but litigation is delaying the police consolidation.
October 5 -
Mayor Lori Lightfoot's proposed budget would forgo an inflation-formula-based property tax hike and make supplemental contributions to the city's pension funds.
October 4 -
Missouri and Iowa closed out fiscal 2022 with balances that paved the way for tax cuts.
October 3 -
The state spreads landed wide compared to a May sale, but remained far narrower than early in the pandemic and during the state's two-year budget impasse.
September 29 -
Edward Bedore, who managed city finances under by Mayor Richard J. and Richard M. Daley, died this month at 84. Bedore is also remembered for promoting the Summer Business Institute.
September 28 -
Illinois will pay down another $450 million of the $1.8 billion outstanding from a $4.5 billion federal loan to pay pandemic-related unemployment claims.
September 27