Morning Links for May 15, 2015

Morning Links for May 15, 2015

What we’re reading on this Friday morning. Is Downtown Milwaukee too spread out? A study commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Committee thinks so. The latest Marquette poll suggests that Russ Feingold has an early, early lead against Sen. Ron Johnson. Kohl’s CEO on Walker, who uses the store to advertise his thriftiness: “We like all customers. In our mind, he’s no different than any other customer.” B.B. King is gone. His show at the Riverside Theater in 2013 was charming and relaxed, but he could still make an electric guitar squeal. More Walker: In case you haven’t seen it, Politifact…

What we’re reading on this Friday morning.

Is Downtown Milwaukee too spread out? A study commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Committee thinks so.

The latest Marquette poll suggests that Russ Feingold has an early, early lead against Sen. Ron Johnson.

Kohl’s CEO on Walker, who uses the store to advertise his thriftiness: “We like all customers. In our mind, he’s no different than any other customer.”

B.B. King is gone. His show at the Riverside Theater in 2013 was charming and relaxed, but he could still make an electric guitar squeal.

More Walker: In case you haven’t seen it, Politifact Wisconsin’s accounting of his in-state versus out-of-state time.

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.