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UW-Eau Claire chancellor James Schmidt, right, at a state budget hearing last year with former Board of Regents President Michael Falbo, left, and UW System President Ray Cross, center.
Protesters are escorted out of a hearing room Tuesday after disrupting a question-and-answer period between legislators and University of Wisconsin System officials.
University of Wisconsin System president Ray Cross told the Legislature’s budget committee Tuesday that he endorses Gov. Scott Walker’s budget plan to turn the 26-campus system into an independent public authority.
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Cross' answer was short — "Yes" — and came in response to a question from Richard Grusin, a UW-Milwaukee English professor who started an onli…
The governor is proposing a $300 million cut in exchange for more autonomy for the 26-campus system.
The group of professors and students said that too little is known about how the new governing body would work, saying there is "no evidence" …
The suggestion might win over lawmakers skeptical that more autonomy for the University of Wisconsin System would lead to runaway tuition increases.
Longtime state political observers offer a variety of takes on Walker's $68 billion two-year spending plan.
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