Morning Links for March 7 2014

Morning Links for March 7 2014

A few of the stories we’re reading this morning. State Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) is fighting to advance her bill that would replace Common Core standards for schools with ones created by an appointed board. WisPolitics reports. An independent researcher is claiming to have proof that a man is 99.9 percent likely to be the son of Michael Jackson, according to the dogged folks at TMZ. Do e-cigarettes provide a gateway to conventional cigarettes? A new study suggests that they do. Wired has a sneak peek at the spaceship that will grace the new COSMOS series starring Neil deGrasse Tyson.…

A few of the stories we’re reading this morning.
  • State Sen. Leah Vukmir (R-Wauwatosa) is fighting to advance her bill that would replace Common Core standards for schools with ones created by an appointed board. WisPolitics reports.
  • An independent researcher is claiming to have proof that a man is 99.9 percent likely to be the son of Michael Jackson, according to the dogged folks at TMZ.
  • Do e-cigarettes provide a gateway to conventional cigarettes? A new study suggests that they do.
  • Wired has a sneak peek at the spaceship that will grace the new COSMOS series starring Neil deGrasse Tyson.
  • According to the Associated Press, Gov. Scott Walker is again calling on the Obama Administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline linking Canada to refineries in the Gulf Coast.

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.