Morning Links for May 16 2014

Morning Links for May 16 2014

What we’re reading this Friday morning. A source told USA Today that Clippers owners Donald Sterling will refuse to pay the $2.5 million fine imposed on him by NBA.  Nuclear talks with officials in Iran are stumbling over how much uranium the country should be allowed to enrich, according to Bloomberg. Meet Charity Johnson, the 34-year-old woman who posed as a high school sophomore for most of the past school year. Does a Wisconsin State Patrol program tied to traffic stops violate a state law that prohibits ticket quotas? A Madison station explores the issue. And finally, Gannett has learned…

What we’re reading this Friday morning.

  • A source told USA Today that Clippers owners Donald Sterling will refuse to pay the $2.5 million fine imposed on him by NBA. 
  • Nuclear talks with officials in Iran are stumbling over how much uranium the country should be allowed to enrich, according to Bloomberg.
  • Does a Wisconsin State Patrol program tied to traffic stops violate a state law that prohibits ticket quotas? A Madison station explores the issue.
  • And finally, Gannett has learned that U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble was once in “excruciating pain” from a urological condition but a VA official told him he’d have to wait six months for an appointment.

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.