Morning Links for June 21, 2016

Morning Links for June 21, 2016

The Waukesha water decision, open records dispute goes to the state Supreme Court, and Chick-fil-A.

The news you can use.

  • The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear an open records dispute between Sheriff David Clarke and Christine Neumann-Ortiz’s immigrant activist group Voces de la Frontera.
  • A group of inmates in prisons in Portage and Waupon prisons have started a hunger strike to protest the practice of long-term solitary confinement.
  • Eight governors will meet today to determine whether Waukesha will be able to use water from Lake Michigan has its primary water source. Waukesha is in the market for new water when it was discovered that its wells contain rising levels of Radium.
  • Move over McDonald’s, you’ve been replaced in America’s arteries as the favorite fast-food joint. Chick-fil-A now holds the title, says CNN.
  • Domestic terrorist Ted Kaczynski has clarified in a letter to Buzzfeed’s Andrew Kaczynski (no relation) that it is someone else sending letters to journalists with the offer of an interview.

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.