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Frayed ties could hurt UW-Madison and UW System

As in every other state budget cycle, University of Wisconsin System President Kevin Reilly will appear this week before the Joint Finance Committee to defend state funding for the system. During more typical times, most of Reilly?s angst would be focused on the $250 million in cuts proposed in Gov. Scott Walker?s 2011-13 biennial budget, half of which will be absorbed by UW-Madison.