WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.  — Indiana’s new two-year state budget includes $73 million to jump-start Purdue University’s plans to build a new animal hospital.

Indiana’s state funding will cover two-thirds of the new Purdue Veterinary Teaching Hospital’s cost while the school will provide the remaining $35 million for the project that’s been in the works for the past decade.

Purdue President Mitch Daniels had urged state lawmakers to approve funding for the new hospital, saying it’s vital to Purdue’s veterinary college and the state.

 

 

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