Morning Links for Feb. 4 2014

Morning Links for Feb. 4 2014

Today’s links tell the tales of violence, equality, redemption and, of course, TV dinners. Read on. The city of Detroit is now selling itself as the comeback kid, and boy, does this plan need to work.  A 22-year-old man was shot and killed while sitting in his car that was parked on the 2800 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue last night.  Yesterday four same-sex couples launched a lawsuit against the state and Gov. Walker challenging Wisconsin’s constitutional ban on same sex marriages. Attorney Gen. J.B. Van Hollen released a statement Monday pledging to fight the suit.  Can and should the city save Bon-Ton’s headquarters in…

Today’s links tell the tales of violence, equality, redemption and, of course, TV dinners. Read on.

  • The
    city of Detroit is now selling itself as the comeback kid, and boy, does
     this plan need to work. 

  • A 22-year-old man was shot and killed while
    sitting in his car that was parked on the 2800 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue
     last night. 

  • Yesterday four same-sex couples launched a
    lawsuit against the state and Gov. Walker challenging Wisconsin’s 
    constitutional ban on same sex marriages. Attorney
    Gen. J.B. Van Hollen released a statement Monday pledging to fight the
    suit. 

  • Can and should the city save Bon-Ton’s
    headquarters in Downtown Milwaukee? Urban Milwaukee 
    poses the question. 

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.