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Editorial: Don’t skim from UW to balance budget (Sheboygan Press)

Gov. Jim Doyle should rethink his plan to require the University of Wisconsin to transfer money from private donations to help balance the state budget.

The governor is trying to plug a $5.7 billion budget shortfall and is using a combination of cuts in spending and new taxes to cover part of the deficit. The state will also use about $3 billion in money from the federal economic stimulus plan to makes ends meet.