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Walker wants to shake up UW System

Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Wednesday that the state should consider breaking up the University of Wisconsin System.

Walker’s suggestion – in response to news of managerial missteps, administrators’ raises and out-of-state tuition cuts – was the closest thing to a new policy idea offered up at a candidates’ forum marked by sharp clashes between the four attorney general hopefuls and somewhat milder sparring between the two Republican gubernatorial candidates, Walker and U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-Wis.).