Legislation limits municipal debt risksHARRISBURG — Legislation to tighten the rules around borrowing by Pennsylvania’s municipalities has the unanimous approval of state senators in an effort to avoid a repeat of its capital city’s near-bankruptcy.Three bills passed unanimously Wednesday and were sent to the House. The House has a limited fall calendar in which to take up the bills before the two-year legislative session ends Nov. 30.The bills stemmed from 2012 hearings following the state government’s unprecedented takeover of Harrisburg. The takeover lasted more than two years and was combined with hundreds of millions of dollars in deals designed to rescue Harrisburg’s finances from a sea of debt.

PSU offers course focusing on TrumpSTATE COLLEGE — Penn State is dedicating an entire course this fall to one person: Donald Trump.The one-credit course called “Trump” allows students to meet for two hours a week to analyze the Republican presidential candidate’s campaign, the democratic process and previous presidential candidates.Michael Berkman, the director of the university’s McCourtney Institute for Democracy, says Trump is generating a great deal of support through unorthodox means and is also discussing things that raise questions about democratic politics.Students say they’re discussing what makes him popular and what separates him from other candidates throughout history.The institute is using the course as a pilot to see if students are interested in taking classes focusing on contemporary topics on a regular basis.

Penn is sued over sex-assault reviewPHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania has become the latest college sued by a student fearing expulsion over what he calls an unfounded sexual-assault complaint.The lawsuit says the Ivy League school could expel him if it concludes he had sex with a fellow senior without her permission. The accused student calls the sex consensual.Federal guidelines instruct schools to hold students responsible if there’s more evidence than not that an assault occurred.