Morning Links for Oct. 24 2014

Morning Links for Oct. 24 2014

What we’e reading on this Friday morning. Walker and Burke trade arguments while stumping in Milwaukee, defending a refusal to apply for federal grant money and a campaign ad, according to WisPolitics. The Republican Governor’s Association has stepped up the amount it will spend in these latter days of Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign from $900,000 to $2 million, The Washington Post is reporting. In yet more election news, Walker accused Madison voters of opposing him out of anger and spite, during a campaign stop in Pewaukee. Facebook unveils a new message board app that is, in some ways, an attempt…

What we’e reading on this Friday morning.

  • Walker and Burke trade arguments while stumping in Milwaukee, defending a refusal to apply for federal grant money and a campaign ad, according to WisPolitics.
  • The Republican Governor’s Association has stepped up the amount it will spend in these latter days of Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign from $900,000 to $2 million, The Washington Post is reporting.
  • In yet more election news, Walker accused Madison voters of opposing him out of anger and spite, during a campaign stop in Pewaukee.
  • Who’s willing to pay $3.2 million for 6,000 blighted homes in Detroit, a price considered to be bloated? It’s a mystery.

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.