Several significant projects across the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus were given the green light Wednesday by the state’s Building Commission. Last month, The Capital Times reported that the Higher Education Subcommittee of the Building Commission recommended that $580.9 million in projects across campus move forward during the 2009-11 biennium. And the Building Commission on Wednesday accepted those recommendations, which comes as a mild surprise considering the state is facing a projected $5.7 billion shortfall over the next biennium. Meanwhile, jsonline reported that Marquette University’s request for $10 million in state funds for the first phase of a new engineering center was rejected…
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