Morning Links for Jan. 3 2014

Morning Links for Jan. 3 2014

Google says it’s 1 degree Fahrenheit in Milwaukee. That’s why we’re doing all of our reading online. Drama in the antarctic continues: A Chinese vessel that rescued passengers from a Russian icebreaker could become trapped itself, according to The New York Times. The State Journal covers the release of a video showing business leaders lobbying Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch to lower taxes. The meeting was part of a series of tax roundtables planned by Gov. Walker. Also in the State Journal, Sen. Tammy Baldwin is sponsoring a bill that would restore funding for small, cable access programs nationwide. This councilman had had enough. The Associated Press…

Google says it’s 1 degree Fahrenheit in Milwaukee. That’s why we’re doing all of our reading online.

  • Drama in the antarctic continues: A Chinese vessel that rescued passengers from a Russian icebreaker could become trapped itself, according to The New York Times.
  • The State Journal covers the release of a video showing business leaders lobbying Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch to lower taxes. The meeting was part of a series of tax roundtables planned by Gov. Walker.
  • Also in the State Journal, Sen. Tammy Baldwin is sponsoring a bill that would restore funding for small, cable access programs nationwide.
  • A class action lawsuit seeks to rattle the kingdom of Facebook. One of the arguments is that the social networking site shouldn’t be scanning private messages to further amass its database of consumer information.

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.