Capital

Thank you Captain Obvious. For a start, there's a great deal more at stake.

Two retail groups filed objections with the state against Boston Children's Hospital's proposed $1 billion expansion, citing concerns the project could raise health plan premiums for small business, reports Boston Business Journal.

Pender (Neb.) Community Hospital is slated to break ground on an $8 million medical clinic Oct. 17, Norfolk Daily News reports.

The state of Florida will decide which of two dueling community hospitals will win their bid for a certificate of need to build a new hospital in Venice, Fla., according to the Herald-Tribune.

Akron (Ohio) Children's Hospital will begin construction in February to expand its Considine Professional Building, reported Crain's Cleveland Business.

The Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter held an open house Wednesday to showcase two new buildings constructed through a $56 million expansion project, reported Mankato Free Press.

The following hospitals announced in the last week plans to expand, upgrade or renovate their facilities.

Hancock County Hospital in Sparta, Ga., earned the nickname "bad debt hospital" after first shutting down from unmanageable debt in 1974 and then again in 2001.

United Health System gained approval to expand its St. Catherine's Medical Center in Pleasant Prairie, Wis.

To address growing emergency department service needs, Jacksonville, Fla.-based Memorial Hospital is planning a $23 million expansion to its southside facility's ED.