Morning Links for Dec. 23 2014

Morning Links for Dec. 23 2014

It is unseasonably warm in Milwaukee today. Take off your coat and stay awhile.  The U.S. Department of Justice will commence a civil rights review in the Dontre Hamilton case, according to the press release via Wispolitics.  The WEDC is losing its fourth financial chief in four years, says the AP.  Vox has an interesting chart on how the drastically low oil prices will affect the economy in each state. Spoiler: it’s good news for Wisconsin. Sending a fax is banned in North Korea, as are quite a few other Internet-related things in this explainer. According to Slate, the U.S.…

It is unseasonably warm in Milwaukee today. Take off your coat and stay awhile. 

  • The U.S. Department of Justice will commence a civil rights review in the Dontre Hamilton case, according to the press release via Wispolitics. 

  • The WEDC is losing its fourth financial chief in four years, says the AP. 
  • Vox has an interesting chart on how the drastically low oil prices will affect the economy in each state. Spoiler: it’s good news for Wisconsin.
  • Sending a fax is banned in North Korea, as are quite a few other Internet-related things in this explainer.
  • According to Slate, the U.S. is far behind other countries in creating a sustainable and safe mobile payment technology. And there’s an unlikely country leading the way.

  

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.