Morning Links for January 26, 2016

Morning Links for January 26, 2016

The longest political protest, fantasy sports websites, and Bob Uecker.

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.”

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.