Your Tuesday morning reading.
- Happy 82nd birthday, Bob Uecker.
- There’s a bill in the state Senate that would create a self-funded insurance program to offer paid family leave, something supporters say is especially useful for small businesses. A public hearing on the bill, and others, starts at 10 a.m.
- Virtual reality is one of the buzziest trends in filmmaking this year, including this Sundance film that lets you experience a police shooting from multiple perspectives.
- State Rep. Tyler Vorpagel would like to legalize fantasy sports websites, through which you can win money for choosing high-performing athletes. The bill would require the sites to register with the state and pay a fee, and also says that these websites are not, in fact, betting. Vorpagel is set to speak at the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo in early March, reports website gambling911.com.
- Concepcion Picciotto, who held a peace vigil outside the White House for more than three decades, has died. According to the Washington Post, her vigil was “widely considered to be the longest-running act of political protest in U.S. history.”
