Morning Links for Feb. 21 2014

Morning Links for Feb. 21 2014

Here’s what we’re reading this morning. The state Assembly rolls on and has advanced bills limiting “living wage” laws at the local level and forcing MPS to sell off vacant buildings. The JS reports. Politico looks into the political life of Ted Nugent. He’s now attracting quite a lot of attention from both political parties as a rabble-rouser. It was a bloody night in Indianapolis, where seven homicides occurred in the space of eight hours, according to USA Today. Obama is scheduled to meet with the Dalai Lama today at the White House, and Chinese diplomats are hopping mad. What…

Here’s what we’re reading this morning.

  • The state Assembly rolls on and has advanced bills limiting “living wage” laws at the local level and forcing MPS to sell off vacant buildings. The JS reports.
  • Politico looks into the political life of Ted Nugent. He’s now attracting quite a lot of attention from both political parties as a rabble-rouser.
  • What happens when a baby stops breathing amid a traffic jam on a Florida highway? This.

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.