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Here and Now, TAPE of Governor Doyle appointing Louis Butler to Supreme Court,History was made as Governor Jim Doyle appointed Milwaukee County circuit court Judge Louis Butler to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. , Butler appointed to Wisconsin Supreme court, Milwaukee County circuit court Judge Louis Butler is not only the first African-American to serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, but the first appointee by a Democratic governor since 1976. Judge Butler joins us now from Milwaukee. , UW system board of regents budget request, Leaders of the University of Wisconsin System are asking for more money over the next two years to fund items including pay hikes, increases in benefits and expanded financial aid program. The U.W. Board of Regents approved a 2005-2007 budget proposal Thursday, a budget for the entire U.W. System, which includes U.W. Extension and Wisconsin Public Broadcasting. The budget request proposed requests a spending increase of more than $210 million. This includes $54 million which will go to three percent annual raises for faculty and staff and nearly $18 million for funding expanded financial aid for families who earn less than $46 thousand dollars. The regents are requesting an average tuition hike of 4.3% or about $225 a year here at U.W. Madison to help cover the costs. The Board wants to see a more than 7% increase per year in state funding to go toward the University System. The budget request will head to the Governor. We spoke with U.W. Board of Regent President Toby...

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