Higher education bonds

The tourism, hospitality and culinary arts program at St. Philip's College has a reputation that precedes it -- graduates go on to work for top restaurants in a city with a respected food scene.

Illinois House Democrats pressed forward on an $800 million spending bill.

The New Jersey Municipal Qualified Bond Act program, New Jersey County College Enhancement Bond Program, and New Jersey School Bond Reserve Act program were all downgraded in connection with the recent downgrade of the state government.

On the heels of a late 2016 credit upgrade, Hofstra University on Long Island is planning $61 million of bonding this year for a new academic building and refinancing old debt.

The Schenectady County Legislature will vote next month on authorizing up to $70 million in bonds for Union College's new Science and Engineering Center, the largest project in the school's history.

Atlantic City's redevelopment effort appears to be gathering momentum following a "lost decade" that featured the closing of five casinos, a housing crisis and major recession, according to a new bi-annual report released Tuesday by the South Jersey Economic Review.

City Colleges of Chicago took a fresh rating hit this week over strains posed by the state’s prolonged budget impasse.

Drew University's bonds went deeper into junk territory after Moody's Investors Service cited the small Madison, N.J., private college's "unsustainable operating deficits" and weakening reserves.

The New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority achieved record bond volume in 2016, the higher education conduit issuer announced Friday.

Threats to St. Louis University’s medical accreditation adds some remote credit risks to the school’s rating if not successfully resolved, Moody’s Investors Service said.