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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents passed a $500 million increase to Project Health, a teaching hospital being built in Omaha.
The project increased from $2.19 billion total for a 1.25-million-square-foot building to $2.748 billion for a 1.5-million-square-foot building. NU President Jeffrey Gold said the increase is due to more space needed for future patient volumes and student enrollment along with rising construction costs…