MADISON, Wis. — A public forum was held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Tuesday to discuss whether the university should begin offering health insurance benefits to domestic partners.
The UW-Madison is the only institution in the Big Ten that doesn’t offer the benefits, but Gov. Jim Doyle said that he wants to change that. Doyle’s budget proposal would authorize and fund benefits for domestic partners of all state employees, including those of the UW System.