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Doyle tuition proposal unwise

Armed with a Democratic majority in both houses, Gov. Jim Doyle is feeling confident about his chances with ideological addendums to this yearâ??s state budget. So confident, in fact, that he believes fourth timeâ??s a charm for a provision that would allow illegal immigrants from Wisconsin high schools to pay in-state tuition at UW System schools. The provision, voted down in three previous budgets due to ideological disagreements in the state senate, comes at a time when higher education is becoming more and more difficult to afford for the average high school graduate.