Higher education bonds

Health care giant University of Pittsburgh Medical Center plans to spend $235 million in the Harrisburg, York and Lancaster areas in 2018. Much of it would go toward a new hospital in York, with some also spent at three other midstate hospitals.

Health and Educational Building Corp. chief Robert Donovan cited a wave of refinancings.

Material financial problems, including federal sanctions, led Moody's to lower the rating to B1.

A decline in international student applications following President Trump's travel ban ratchets up fiscal pressure on public colleges and universities.

Moody's cited a vote to raise employer contribution rates.

Laramie County may see a special election this fall.

San Joaquin Delta College trustees yanked funding on Tuesday for a satellite campus in the north county, prompting Lodi advocates to say that after a decadelong wait the community will now seek partnerships with other colleges or universities.

A merger between Philadelphia University and Thomas Jefferson University will have no immediate credit impact , according to Moody’s Investors Service.

Struggles with tuition revenue growth landed a junk rating for Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y.

Oregon will issue more than $100 million in state bonds to keep the Elliott State Forest in public hands and another $50 million to help the University of Oregon build a new science complex named after its most famous graduate.