Morning Links for November 17, 2015

Morning Links for November 17, 2015

Mild weather affecting retail, Abele’s latest donation, and Wisconsin’s Iran business bill.

Our picks for your morning reading.

  • The state Assembly adopted a bipartisan resolution to honor the families of the victims slain in terrorist attacks in Paris, Beirut, Kenya, and on the Egypt-bound Russian flight, which the Russians confirmed this morning was downed by a homemade bomb.
  • Chris Abele donated $250,000 to Milwaukee Area Technical College for a program that grants free tuition (after state and federal aid) to local high school graduates.
  • Actor Charlie Sheen said this morning on the “Today Show” that he has HIV.
  • State legislators have introduced a bill that would prohibit the state government from doing business with companies that do business with Iran. The state’s investment board isn’t so sure about this.
  • Retailers are feeling the effects of this mild weather, reports Buzzfeed. Shoppers aren’t swarming to buy cold-weather apparel.

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.