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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Kansas City will follow up a GO sale from last month with $186 million of tax-exempt, taxable new money and refunding special obligation bonds Wednesday.
April 6 -
The cost of guaranteeing 3% cost-of-living adjustments to more retired Chicago firefighters is estimated at $18 million to $30 million annually.
April 6 -
S&P raised CPS' junk rating by one notch, saying federal funds will boost an "already positive financial trajectory."
April 5 -
Transportation fare and tax revenues lost to the coronavirus can be countered with federal relief funding, says the Illinois Economic Policy Institute.
March 30 -
Moody’s followed S&P in lifting Illinois’ outlook to stable, where it stood before the COVID-19 pandemic, but a lot more needs to happen for an upgrade.
March 26 -
Moody's is the second rating agency this month to bring its outlook on Illinois to stable, though all ratings remain at the lowest investment grade.
March 25 -
The nonprofit hospital sector gets a fiscal shot in the arm from federal actions but margins are likely to remain depressed this year.
March 25 -
The proposed sale has dual benefits: Trinity gets to shed the facility outside of bankruptcy and the facility would remain open quieting local critics.
March 23 -
The agency that provides oversight of Chicago and suburban transit boards reports healthier sales tax collections that along with December’s federal relief package nearly wipe out 2021 deficits.
March 23 -
The legislature's GOP-controlled Joint Finance Committee will craft a two-year capital plan after rejecting Gov. Tony Evers' $2.4 billion plan for only the second time in recent history.
March 22