Schedule

On November 21, 2024, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors will meet on the following agenda:

Discussion of committee assignment

Discussion of preliminary bill drafts:

• LRB-0613/P2, relating to psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority
• LRB-0614/P2, relating to establishment of psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority
• LRB-0626/P2, relating to psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority
• LRB-0615/P2, relating to the age at which a child’s consent to a voluntary placement agreement is required
• LRB-0616/P2, relating to sharing minors’ safety plans and making an appropriation
• LRB-0629/P3, relating to clinician initiation of emergency detention of a minor and granting rule-making authority

On November 21, 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Children and Families will host the Governor’s Foster and Adoptive Family Awards ceremony featuring the following agenda:

Welcome and opening remarks – DCF Secretary-Designee Jeff Pertl

Guest speaker – TBD

Awards presentation

• DCF Division of Safety and Permanence Division Administrator John Elliott
• 10 adoptive, guardianship, foster, and relative caregiver families from across the state will be recognized

Closing Remarks – DCF Secretary-Designee Jeff Pertl

Understanding the changing landscape of media and how the information environment affects civic engagement and social cohesion is more important than ever. In this interactive session on November 21, 2024, brought to you by the CommNS and Urban Rural Action, we’ll explore how to recognize manipulation online and provide tips on how to counter dangerous speech. Speakers include:

• Mary Beth Collins – Executive Director of the Center for Community and Nonprofit Studies
• Lisa Links – Sen. Dir Urban Rural Action
• Joseph Bubman – Ex Dir. Urban Rural Action  

On November 22, 2024, the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will host the 2024 Election Symposium to understand what happened and why. This biennial election symposium brings together leading elections experts to dissect the key races, issues, and vote patterns across the country and Wisconsin’s crucial role as a battleground state. Agenda includes:

Session 1:

9:45am – Welcome & Overview from the Elections Research Center Director (Dr. Barry Burden)

10:15am – “The American Mosaic & the 2024 Election” (Dr. Brian Schaffner)

11:15am – “The 2024 Election: Calcification & Campaign Dynamics” (Dr. Lynn Vavreck)

Session 2:

1pm – “Shifting Right or Sitting Out? Black & Latino Voters: 2016-2024” (Dr. Bernard Fraga)

1:45pm – “Reflections from the 2024 Campaign Trail” (NPR White House Correspondent Franco Ordoñez)

2:30pm – On the Cutting Edge: The Latest Research Supported by the ERC

3:30pm – “Polling the 2024 Wisconsin Elections” (Dr. Charles Franklin)

4:30pm – Closing Remarks from the Elections Research Center Director (Dr. Barry Burden)

On November 22, 2024, Commissioner Ann S. Jacobs, Chairperson of the Wisconsin Elections Commission, will certify canvass statements in accordance with Wis. Stat. § 7.70(3) in a video teleconference.The canvass statement that will be signed is the official result of the special election held for United States Congressional District 8 on November 5, 2024. 

On November 22, 2024, WisconsinEye’s Rewind Host and CBS 58 Capitol Reporter Emilee Fannon and WisPolitics.com Editor JR Ross will review this week in state politics. (Brought to you by the Wisconsin Realtors Association).