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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Illinois is asking state justices to resolve efforts to challenge $14 billion of outstanding general obligation bonds.
January 8 -
Budget woes await the state's lawmakers as they convene but Illinois' bonds are benefitting from a Blue Wave, vaccine distribution, and hunger for higher yielding credits.
January 7 -
Park Place at Elmhurst would restructure and redeem $141 million of bonds issued to exit its 2016 Chapter 11 under a plan pending before a bankruptcy court.
January 5 -
The default-ridden Chicago suburb says the court's action to give it back control of its water operation could aid its 2021 objective of restructuring debt.
December 31 -
Moody's says the coronvirus' economic impact adds to fiscal pressures on several of the state's cities dependent on oil and gas revenue
December 30 -
Lincoln Way school district in suburban Chicago moved further back up the investment grade ladder with a Moody's Investors Service upgrade.
December 30 -
The refusal to hear the bond trustee's appeal appears to end the litigation over whether Platte County bears legal responsibility to repay the debt.
December 29 -
Chicago Public Schools will get more than it budgeted for from the federal emergency relief bill; the Illinois Regional Transportation Authority got a bit less.
December 29 -
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer named Dave Massaron to replace Budget Director Chris Kolb, who is taking an administrative job at the University of Michigan.
December 28 -
The county board signed off on about $600 million of borrowing and the financing teams that will bring the deals to market in January.
December 22