Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:25 for 15 hours 5 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1911, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp winning the 500-mile…
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Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Litigation, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 5.29.26: Federal Court Denies Trump Admin Access to Wisconsin’s Voter Rolls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 82. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:24 for 15 hours 4 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 96.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the…
Congress, Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.29.26: Wisconsin Congressional Redistricting Is Off the Table for 2026 Election
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:51 and sunset is 7:53 for 14 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Lakes Advisory Committee meets at 4 PM. On this day in 1945, American…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.29.26: The Inescapable Importance of Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race
by JOHN ADAMS •
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.28.26: Kangaroo Escapes from Wisconsin Farm
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 47. Sunrise is 6:43 and sunset is 7:16 for 12 hours 33 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 78.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1910, Henri Fabre becomes the first person to fly a seaplane, the Fabre…
Daily Bread, Freedom of Speech, Law, Legislation, Legislature, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.25.26: Anti-SLAPP Legislation Doesn’t Get a Wisconsin Senate Vote
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:49 and sunset is 7:13 for 12 hours 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 47.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1965, civil rights activists led by Martin Luther King Jr. successfully complete their march from Selma to…
Law, Schimel, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.19.26: Brad Schimel Assumes a Subordinate Position
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 53. Sunrise is 6:59 and sunset is 7:06 for 12 hours 7 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 2003,…
Courts, Daily Bread, Law, Schimel, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.11.26: Judicial Panel Won’t Extend Brad Schimel’s Tenure as U.S. Attorney
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 37. Sunrise is 7:13 and sunset is 6:56 for 11 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 48.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Comprehensive Plan Advisory Work Group meets at 4 PM. On this day in…
Daily Bread, Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Speech, Law, Legislation, Legislature, Litigation, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.18.26: Anti-SLAPP Legislation Advances in Wisconsin
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Ash Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 58. Sunrise is 6:47 and sunset is 5:30 for 10 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1930, Elm Farm Ollie becomes the first cow to fly in a fixed-wing…
CDA, Daily Bread, Law, Local Government
Daily Bread for 2.15.26: The Curious Case of the Former Board Member Seemingly Unaware of the Actual Sources of His Former Board’s Authority
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 55. Sunrise is 6:51 and sunset is 5:26 for 10 hours 35 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 3.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 2013, the Chelyabinsk meteor explodes over Russia, injuring 1,500…
Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Madison, Voting Rights, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 2.8.26: Wisconsin Elections Commission Challenges Madison’s Argument on Absentee Voting
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 30. Sunrise is 7:01 and sunset is 5:17 for 10 hours 16 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 58.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1950, the Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established. On…
Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, Madison, Voting Rights, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.22.26: City of Madison Argues Wrongly on Absentee Ballots
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 22. Sunrise is 7:18 and sunset is 4:55 for 9 hours 37 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 15 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1968, Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar Module into space. It’s…
Culture, Daily Bread, Law, Open Government, School District
Daily Bread for 1.5.26: Three Reasons Local Officials Violate the Law
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 40. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:35 for 9 hours 10 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1972, President Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program. Why do local officials violate…