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Capitol Newsletter: Embarrassing funding numbers
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Large reserve funds held at University of Wisconsin System campuses are embarrassing the Republican-controlled state government. Auditors and the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau last month reported $648 million in reserve funds across UW System campuses, including more than $400 million from student-tuition and fee accounts. Legislators swiftly rushed to promise that tuition levels would be frozen for the next two years.