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Local News - Local News - November 26, 2009
Hoping to avoid cuts in Olympia
Business advocates here to submit conservative requests to Legislature

By Mike McLean
Of the Journal of Business

Eastern Washington University is seeking $27.3 million to accelerate construction of the second phase of Patterson Hall, illustrated here, on its campus in Cheney.
Eastern Washington University is seeking $27.3 million to accelerate construction of the second phase of Patterson Hall, illustrated here, on its campus in Cheney.
%u2013Rendering courtesy of NAC/Architecture Inc.
Business advocates here say they're going to be especially conservative this year when they submit funding requests to the Washington Legislature for the upcoming session because the state's supplemental budget likely will involve more deep cuts than new funding allocations.

With that in mind, they still have short lists of capital projects, and will seek to maintain funding commitments, such as for the North Spokane Corridor. They also will strive to keep planned projects, such as...


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