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• Domestic partner health insurance included in state budget June 29, 2009 Gov. Jim Doyle today (June 29) signed into law a state budget authorizing the offering of health insurance benefits to same- and opposite-sex domestic partnerships.
• State Relations Update (June 29) June 29, 2009 Friday night, the Legislature completed their action on the state budget and the Governor signed the spending plan into law today.
• State Relations Update (June 22) June 22, 2009 Two weeks after the Joint Finance Committee took action on the Governors biennial budget, both the Assembly and Senate approved their own version of the spending plan this week.
• Joint Finance Budget Summary/UW–Madison June 8, 2009
• State Relations Update (May 29) May 29, 2009 After a marathon, late night/early morning session, the Joint Committee on Finance has completed their action on the state’s biennial budget.
• State Relations Update (May 27) May 27, 2009 Barring any late surprises, the final piece of the 2009–11 biennial budget action by the Joint Committee on Finance will take place tomorrow.
• Statement from Chancellor Martin on Joint Finance Committee budget action May 22, 2009 Here is a statement from University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Biddy Martin regarding action in the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee today (Friday, May 22):
• Domestic-partner health insurance approved in Joint Committee on Finance May 22, 2009 The Joint Committee on Finance today (May 22) approved Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposal to authorize the offering of health insurance benefits to same- and opposite-sex domestic partnerships.
• State Relations Update (May 21) May 21, 2009 The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance announced today (May 21) that they will be taking up the remaining items in the governor’s 2009-11 state budget in meetings Friday and Saturday.
• Web site to provide updates on budget situation May 14, 2009 The university has created a new Web site to help inform the campus community about the impacts of the state’s worsening fiscal situation – and how the university and its employees will be affected.
• Statement from Chancellor Biddy Martin on state budget impacts May 14, 2009
• http://wisconsinidea.wisc.edu/features/antarctica%e2%80%99s-icecube-telescope-is-wisconsin-made/ March 3, 2009
• State building commission OKs new Union building project Feb. 25, 2009 The State Building Commission has unanimously approved plans for the new south campus union.
• State budget increases financial aid Feb. 25, 2009 A state budget providing additional student financial aid, university budget reductions and significant new initiatives at UW-Madison was presented to the Legislature last week by Gov. Jim Doyle.
• UW: Cautious optimism on domestic partner health insurance Feb. 23, 2009 UW-Madison administrators are expressing cautious optimism about the inclusion of domestic partner health insurance benefits in Gov. Jim Doyle’s biennial budget plan.
• Chancellor's statement on Gov. Doyle's state budget Feb. 17, 2009 University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Carolyn "Biddy" Martin released the following statement today on Gov. Jim Doyle's presentation of the 2009-11 budget:
• Efforts to secure domestic partner benefits continue Jan. 30, 2008 Although a provision authorizing domestic partner benefits wasn’t included in last year’s final state budget, campus efforts to move the issue forward continue unabated.
• Chancellor John D. Wiley's letter regarding Advantage Wisconsin Jan. 9, 2008
• State approves new employee pay plan Dec. 5, 2007 A boost in pay for UW System faculty and academic staff was given the go-ahead by state lawmakers last week.
• Statement from Chancellor John D. Wiley on the biennial budget agreement Oct. 24, 2007 Chancellor Wiley congratulates Gov. Doyle and members of both parties in the Assembly and Senate on achieving a hard-fought budget compromise that will benefit state universities.