Morning Links for July 18 2014

Morning Links for July 18 2014

What we’re reading on this Friday morning. The new board intended to oversee Milwaukee County’s mental health services, stripping authority from the County Board, has met for the first time. The Journal Sentinel’s Meg Kissinger reports. A Dane County judge has ruled that a new law limiting drug-induced abortions is intractably opaque. The State Journal quotes Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen as standing defiant. Is Chris Christie still alive and thriving? He enjoyed a warm reception in Iowa and kissed some babies, according to the Des Moines Register. Thanks to a sophisticated new technique for mapping underground magma flows,…

What we’re reading on this Friday morning.

  • The new board intended to oversee Milwaukee County’s mental health services, stripping authority from the County Board, has met for the first time. The Journal Sentinel’s Meg Kissinger reports.
  • A Dane County judge has ruled that a new law limiting drug-induced abortions is intractably opaque. The State Journal quotes Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen as standing defiant.
  • Is Chris Christie still alive and thriving? He enjoyed a warm reception in Iowa and kissed some babies, according to the Des Moines Register.
  • Thanks to a sophisticated new technique for mapping underground magma flows, scientists have determined that Mt. Ranier in Washington will erupt again someday. When, exactly, remains to be seen.
  • Did Tim McGraw “slap” a female fan? Review the footage here.

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.