Thursday, June 4: Flock surveillance contention, Medicaid work requirements rule escalates worries, who did and didn’t file for elections, Congress wants to cut election security aid, US House issues Iran war rebuke
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“…anytime you’re collecting that much data about people as they just go about their daily business, you have to be really careful with how that’s used.“
– Green Bay Police Chief Chris Davis
A Flock camera outside of Washington Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner)
Controversy over Flock license plate reading cameras has rippled across Wisconsin, causing people to fill public hearings as some regions remove the cameras, and others overhaul auditing and oversight. Activists, elected officials and police departments are navigating disagreements over privacy, safety, freedom and the facts about the surveillance network. Isiah Holmes has an overview of the increasingly contentious law enforcement tool.
Now that the federal government has issued its rules for states to implement new work requirements for some people on Medicaid, Wisconsin healthcare advocates worry that getting on the insurance program and staying on it will be more difficult, even for people who are eligible and need coverage. Erik Gunn reports on what they’re finding in the pages of the document.
More than 300 people filed nomination papers with the Wisconsin Elections Commission to run for office in Wisconsin this fall. Missing, though, were some high-profile, one-time election hopefuls. Henry Redman reviews the highlights of the first official act in the coming campaign season.
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