Morning Links for Aug. 1 2014

Morning Links for Aug. 1 2014

What we’re reading on this Friday morning. Politics and cream puffs mixed on the Wisconsin State Fair’s opening day, according to the Journal Sentinel. An investigation of harassment within Wausau’s city government has led to the suspension of its finance director and criticism of Mayor Jim Tipple. An effort to stop the construction of oil tanks in northern Wisconsin has failed, according to a local radio station. A court in Uganda has struck down the country’s controversial anti-homosexuality law, Reuters is reporting. GIFs as high art? The animated images are gaining more attention from art collectors and artists alike.

What we’re reading on this Friday morning.
  • Politics and cream puffs mixed on the Wisconsin State Fair’s opening day, according to the Journal Sentinel.

  • An investigation of harassment within Wausau’s city government has led to the suspension of its finance director and criticism of Mayor Jim Tipple.

  • An effort to stop the construction of oil tanks in northern Wisconsin has failed, according to a local radio station.

  • A court in Uganda has struck down the country’s controversial anti-homosexuality law, Reuters is reporting.

  • GIFs as high art? The animated images are gaining more attention from art collectors and artists alike.

Matt has written for Milwaukee Magazine since 2006, when he was a lowly intern. Since then, he’s held the posts of assistant news editor and, most recently, senior editor. He’s lived in South Carolina, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa, and Indiana but mostly in Wisconsin. He wants to do more fishing but has a hard time finding worms. For the magazine, Matt has written about city government, schools, religion, coffee roasters and Congress.