Land on the Legislature: Senate Ready to Vote on Capital Budget – msnbc.com

After weeks of stalling, the capital budget is finally on the move. The House could get its hands on the construction spending plan as soon as Tuesday evening; but won’t be the bill they were hoping for. The Senate Finance Committee, which has been holding …

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Pittsburgh Schools construction spending cut – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

The city school board on Wednesday approved a 75 percent reduction in district spending this year for school construction projects. The cuts mean reducing the capital budget from $ 60 million to $ 15 million, saving the Pittsburgh Public Schools district $ 3 …

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Walker proposes $1.1 billion capital budget – Biz Times

Walker’s estimated that each $ 100 million of construction spending in his budget will add $ 340 million to the economy and create or sustain 2,850 jobs. Fifty percent of construction budgets are labor costs, and $ 110 million of the economic activity is in …

http://www.biztimes.com/daily/2011/3/14/walker-proposes-11-billion-capital-budget