Morning Links for Dec. 17 2013

Morning Links for Dec. 17 2013

Nothin’ like a blustery wave of snow to wake the senses on this chilly Tuesday. Warm up with the links. Mostly suburban-dwelling Wisconsin Republicans have raised a wide-reaching bill to expand charter schools, says the Journal Sentinel.  The Justice Department will fine a sand-mining company $200,000 for pollution and “operational problems.” The company, Preferred Sands, has been operating in western Wisconsin when the issues began in 2011.  The Los Angeles Times reports that young California war veterans have an unusually high death rate.  A judge has ruled that the NSA has probably violated the Constitution with its expansive collection program…

Nothin’ like a blustery wave of snow to wake the senses on this chilly Tuesday. Warm up with the links.

  • Mostly suburban-dwelling Wisconsin Republicans have raised a wide-reaching bill to expand charter schools, says the Journal Sentinel
  • The Justice Department will fine a sand-mining company $200,000 for pollution and “operational problems.” The company, Preferred Sands, has been operating in western Wisconsin when the issues began in 2011. 
  • The Los Angeles Times reports that young California war veterans have an unusually high death rate. 
  • A judge has ruled that the NSA has probably violated the Constitution with its expansive collection program for cell phone metadata. 
  • A national chain of business-tech news websites has launched a Wisconsin site, according to a presser from the WEDC. 

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.