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Remember those capital projects Gov. Palin vetoed last year and the Senate put back in this year's supplemental budget?

Well, they're still in the budget, despite pleas from the governor, sit-down meetings, and suggestions the projects would be vetoed again.

And they've grown. The House Finance Committee just adopted a new version of the supplemental bill that keeps the $51 million in vetoed projects the Senate added and throws in another $17.5 million for other vetoed projects. That brings the total to about $69 million.

The committee is discussing the bill now. The plan is to take amendments and move the bill out today.