Morning Links for Dec. 9 2013

Morning Links for Dec. 9 2013

These morning links should warm you up after what we can only assume was a long and cold commute. Yesterday’s snow made the journey difficult for drivers that ventured out. There were 53 crashes in Milwaukee County alone. One crash, in Racine County, shut down one direction of I-94 for seven hours and injured dozens of people, including likely gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Vinehout. The snow didn’t hinder the Packers, who got their first win since Aaron Rodgers was injured. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had battled some big opponents during his time in office: tobacco, soda. In his last few…

These morning links should warm you up after what we can only assume was a long and cold commute.

  • Yesterday’s snow made the journey difficult for drivers that ventured out. There were 53 crashes in Milwaukee County alone. One crash, in Racine County, shut down one direction of I-94 for seven hours and injured dozens of people, including likely gubernatorial candidate Kathleen Vinehout.
  • The snow didn’t hinder the Packers, who got their first win since Aaron Rodgers was injured.

  • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg had battled some big opponents during his time in office: tobacco, soda. In his last few days in office, he’s leading the fight against plastic foam take-out containers.
  • Mayor Tom Barrett was hospitalized overnight after completing a 20-km run on Sunday while celebrating his 60th birthday.

Abby Callard was an assistant editor at Milwaukee Magazine from 2012-2014. Her journalistic pursuits have seen her covering the Hispanic community in mid-Missouri, politics in Washington, D.C., art and culture for Smithsonian magazine, the social enterprise space in India and health care in Chicago. Abby has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.