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Walker releases details of budget cuts; UW System to take biggest hit

The University of Wisconsin System will have to cut another $46.1 million over six months, on top of a previously approved $250 million two-year reduction, under a detailed budget-balancing plan Gov. Scott Walker?s administration released Friday. The new cut to UW was part of $213.2 million in additional reductions ordered to be made across state government. The amount in cuts was approved under the budget passed in June but not specified until Friday. Walker?s Department of Administration ordered agencies to make the cuts without layoffs, if possible.