Governer Ritter Signs Higher-Ed Construction Bill into Law
Monday, May 12, 2008
Bill puts billions to work
Denver Post, CO – 04/04/08
Mineral lease money that already goes to the state education fund and to the Colorado Water Conservation Board will remain in place. ...
What SB 218 would do
Rocky Mountain News, CO – 04/04/08
SB 218 simplifies how that money is distributed, and diverts more than $650 million into higher education building construction projects that would have ...
Ritter wants to tap oil, gas windfall funds
Rocky Mountain News, CO – 04/04/08
His announcement came nine days after declaring with similar fanfare that the same bill would rescue a science building on the Auraria campus and other ...
Colo. Seeks Energy Funds for Higher Ed
Forbes - NY,USA
Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass, said Wednesday the plan would provide an estimated $600 million for higher education over the next 10 years and about $1 billion ...
Auraria science building a go
Rocky Mountain News 4/3/08
A plan is now in place to build the science building on the Auraria campus after all. Gov. Bill Ritter this afternoon announced his support for two bills that, combined, would allow construction on the $111 million building to continue. The plan would also provide funding for other higher education capital construction projects.
Auraria hole may be boon
Rocky Mountain News, CO – 3/26/08
By Chris Barge, Rocky Mountain News (Contact) An artist's drawing shows what the science building will look like on the Auraria campus. A gaping hole on the ...
The Auraria lifeline esperately needed science building may yet be saved
Rocky Mountain News -
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Legislative leaders and Gov. Bill Ritter announced a two-fer on Tuesday that should - if approved - ensure a more adequate stream of funding for higher education capital projects while saving a new science building on the Auraria campus in Denver.
Auraria building gets a pump-up
Denver Post, CO – 3/26/08
Of that, the Auraria science building is expected to get an estimated $63.6 million, money that, with current commitments, would allow the campus to ...
Ritter, lawmakers say they have money for science building
9NEWS.com, CO – 3/26/08
The Auraria campus is made up of students from CU-Denver, Metropolitan State College and the Community College of Denver. The campus was initially ...
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