DAN SIMMONS
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The UW System Board of Regents voted Friday to approve tuition increases for some students at UW-Madison as well as at schools in La Crosse, Milwaukee, Parkside, Platteville, River Falls, Stevens Point, Stout and Whitewater during a meeting at UW-Waukesha.
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