MADISON, Wis. â?? A day after University of Wisconsin System regents voted to raise tuition by 5.5 percent, Democratic lawmakers backed a Republican idea and proposed a 4 percent tuition increase cap.
The cap and the restoration of $127 million to the UW System budget were proposed at Wednesdayâ??s meeting of at a bipartisan committee of lawmakers working on a state budget compromise.
The committee was expected to debate the proposal Thursday.