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Wisconsin lawmakers gaveled in their first legislative session of the calendar year on Tuesday. But for the first time in 18 years, the four cameras located above the Assembly chamber operated by nonprofit broadcasting organization WisconsinEye were not running.
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Members of the Wisconsin Assembly gather Thursday at the Capitol. The spring legislative session, which started Tuesday, is the first in 18 years not covered by WisconsinEye.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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While WisconsinEye has fixed cameras set up to monitor the Assembly, the network would also set up cameras to cover the dozens of committee meetings and other events that happen at the Capitol on a typical week.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL
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