On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 242 Relating to: tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 53 Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty. Assembly Bill 171 […]
On May 7, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Judiciary will hold a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 34 Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths. Assembly Bill 88 Relating to: civil action for injury or damages resulting from riot or vandalism, participation in a riot, prohibiting certain limitations or restrictions on law […]
On May 6, 2025, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Local Government held a public hearing on the following: Department of Transportation Design Build Report – DOT Design Build Report submission which was referred to the committee for review under s. 84.062(2)(e) of the Wisconsin Statutes. Senate Bill 170 Relating to: rehired annuitants in the […]
On April 30, 2025, the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety held a public hearing on the following: Senate Bill 144 Relating to: eliminating a judgeship from district IV of the court of appeals and establishing an additional judgeship for district III of the court of appeals Senate Bill 146 Relating to: prohibiting persons […]
On April 29, 2025, the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment held a public hearing on the following: Assembly Bill 36 Relating to: law enforcement and firefighter annuitants in the Wisconsin Retirement System who are rehired by a participating employer Assembly Bill 146 Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment […]
On October 30, 2024, the Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors met on the following agenda: Presentations by invited speakers: Jenny Walczak, Director of Mental and Behavioral Health Integration, Children’s Wisconsin David Whelan, MSW, Vice President of Child Well-Being, Children’s Wisconsin, Institute for Child and Family Well-Being Matthew Stanford, General Counsel, […]
On September 25, 2024, the Legislative Council Study Committee on Emergency Detention and Civil Commitment of Minors met on the following agenda: Presentations by invited speakers: Elizabeth Manley, LSW, Faculty and Senior Advisor for Health and Behavioral Health Policy, University of Connecticut Kathy Markeland, Executive Director, and Emily Coddington, Associate Director, Wisconsin Association of Family […]
On September 17, 2024, the John K. MacIver Institute for Public Policy hosted a news conference to highlight the state’s election laws. Invited speakers include: Congressmen Tom Tiffany, elected members of law enforcement, and other lawmakers.
On May 10, 2024, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Memorial sponsored a ceremony on the North Hamilton Street Capitol walkway.
Recent data shows violent crime rates are going down throughout Wisconsin and across the nation, but law enforcement is dealing with other day-to-day challenges, keeping crime and public safety a top of mind issue in the upcoming election. Joining WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers on April 29, 2024, are two current police chiefs representing different regions of our […]
Recent data shows violent crime rates are going down throughout Wisconsin and across the nation, but law enforcement is dealing with other day-to-day challenges, keeping crime and public safety a top of mind issue in the upcoming election. Joining WisconsinEye’s Newsmakers on April 29, 2024, are two current police chiefs representing different regions of our […]
