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.
