Higher education bonds

The University of Texas System will bring its triple-A credit to two bond deals worth a combined $609 million.

A Kentucky judge has granted a temporary injunction blocking Gov. Matt Bevin from removing the University of Louisville's trustees.

Boosted by new grant funding, the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, led by new executive director Michael Belsky, wants to raise its voice on municipal finance research and education.

S&P Global Ratings dropped Western Illinois University two notches to BBB-minus, citing the state's prolonged budget mess.

The Vermont State College (VSC) Board of Trustees approved a concept Thursday proposed by Chancellor Jeb Spaulding that would unify Johnson State College and Lyndon State College under one administration

The University of California, Merced, received final approval from the UC Board of Regents to move forward with a $1.1 billion public-private partnership.

Kentucky plans to issue $100 million of bonds to support a workforce development training initiative seen as critical to better prepare people for jobs that match the needs of employers in the state.

Jersey City, N.J., has granted a 30-year tax break to jump-start part of an expansion to New Jersey City University.

Southern Illinois University took a second rating hit over the strain of managing through the state’s prolonged budget gridlock.

Passage of a stopgap Illinois budget that keeps the spigot of aid at least partially flowing to the state's cash hungry public universities this year was overshadowed by fresh credit erosion.