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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Legislation making its way through the state legislature enhances pension benefits for Tier 2 Chicago firefighters but the Civic Federation is urging lawmakers to slow down.
May 4 -
"The SLGS window closed after we released the pre-marketing wire and had already signed off on the cashflows," which assumed the use of SLGS, city Auditor Megan Kilgore said. "I've had the SLGS window close the same week, even within a day or two of pricing, but not without any advance notice."
May 3 -
The Missouri House approved legislation to strip St. Louis of its earnings tax on remote work; Wisconsin lawmakers unveiled a plan to raise revenue sharing.
May 3 -
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott traded barbs over the flow of migrants as the city has been overwhelmed since Texas began sending them on to Chicago last August.
May 2 -
Additional spending was permitted by a rosier revenue forecast that lifted expected general fund revenues through the next biennium.
May 2 -
The city is offering more than $1 billion of debt under its higher-rated Sales Tax Securitization Corp., and its water and wastewater revenue credits.
May 1 -
Indianapolis Public Schools wants $410 million for projects throughout the district with 23 schools in line for improvements.
April 28 -
Transition committee members include several names familiar to the public finance community including Martin Cabrera, head of Cabrera Capital Markets, a majority Latino-owned investment banking firm, and Richard Price, executive chairman of Mesirow, which also does public finance banking.
April 27 -
"Tenders are another tool in the toolbox, that depending on the situation and market dynamics, can be used to generate robust savings," Aaron Heintz said.
April 27 -
S&P signaled the next lift needed for Detroit to shed junk status is within reach — in the next one to two years — by assigning a positive outlook to the BB-plus rating.
April 27