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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Gov. J.B. Pritzker's says potential federal funding relief would go first to pay down short-term debts likes its Federal Reserve borrowing and the state's bill backlog.
February 17 -
Illinois will square off with lawyers representing John Tillman next month in his 2019 case seeking to void bonds issued to fund pensions and pay down bills.
February 17 -
Indiana, Michigan and Ohio budget proposals benefit from a revenue picture that is more optimistic than feared earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 16 -
S&P says Trinity's efforts to shed the fiscally struggling Mercy poses benefits and risks but the hospital is a small piece of the national not-for-profit's overall portfolio.
February 16 -
Fitch Ratings warns that mounting challenges posed by ratepayers of Missouri's Howard Bend Levee District put its 2005 bonds at greater default risk.
February 12 -
If voters grant $500 million in new bond authority, the agency can hold down rate increases to fund mandatory projects.
February 11 -
The Michigan-based nonprofit hospital chain expects a restructuring charge from the Mercy Hospital bankruptcy but no impact to its municipal bond debt.
February 11 -
J.B. Pritzker laid out a few details of his upcoming budget proposal, saying he won't seek a tax hike and will hold spending steady.
February 9 -
More than 30 finance chiefs of major U.S. cities sent a letter to the Biden Administration making their case for direct aid and new borrowing tools
February 9 -
The state plans a series of municipal bond sales with tailwinds from upbeat fiscal news, including its first surplus on a GAAP basis.
February 9