Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see snow with a high of 36. Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:20 PM for 12h 43m 44s of daytime. The moon is new with 0.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1889, the Eiffel Tower officially opens. While Speaker of the Assembly Vos has spent…
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Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law
Daily Bread for 3.24.22: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Wisconsin Supreme Court’s Legislative Maps
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see scattered rain or snow showers with a high of 38. Sunrise is 6:49 AM and sunset 7:12 PM for 12h 23m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 58.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.4.22: The Best of the ‘Least Change’ Redistricting Options
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 41. Sunrise is 6:23 AM and sunset 5:48 PM for 11h 25m 04s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 4.1% its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1917, Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first female member of the United…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Law
Daily Bread for 1.21.22: Which Least Changes?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 19. Sunrise is 7:18 AM and sunset 4:54 PM for 9h 36m 16s of daytime. The moon is waning gibbous with 88.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1954, the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by First…
Courts, Daily Bread, Legislature, Speaker Vos, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 1.12.22: Speaker and Deponent
by JOHN ADAMS •
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Gerrymandering, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 12.21.21: How Big? Real Big…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 12.1.21: On Schedule, the Pretext for Wisconsin’s Next Gerrymandering
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 48. Sunrise is 7:06 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 14m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1941, Japanese Emperor Hirohito gives the final approval to initiate war against the…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 11.30.21: Watching the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Redistricting
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 46. Sunrise is 7:05 AM and sunset 4:21 PM for 9h 16m 07s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 19.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1803, in New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to…
Courts, Crime, Daily Bread, Kenosha, Law
Daily Bread for 11.2.21: The Concerns of the Rittenhouse Jurors
by JOHN ADAMS •
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 9.23.21: But Whose New Maps for Wisconsin?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of 68. Sunrise is 6:44 AM and sunset 6:49 PM for 12h 04m 28s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1889, Nintendo Koppai…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Law
Daily Bread for 9.22.21: New Political Maps for Wisconsin by March?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday sees the beginning of Fall in Whitewater with mostly sunny skies and a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:43 AM and sunset 6:50 PM for 12h 07m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Pres. Lincoln issues the Emancipation…
Courts, Crime, Law, Wisconsin
Probably Not the Headline the Wisconsin Supreme Court Wanted
by JOHN ADAMS •
Todd Richmond of the Associated Press reports Former drug smuggler can practice law in Wisconsin, state Supreme Court rules: The 4-3 ruling reverses a decision from the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners to block Abby Padlock from becoming an attorney in the state. According to court documents, Padlock became a drug smuggler to earn money so…
City, Courts, Crime, Law, Walworth County, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court Grants New Trial in State of Wisconsin v. Alan M. Johnson
by JOHN ADAMS •
Alan M. Johnson was convicted in Walworth County of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of his brother-in-law. (Johnson’s late brother-in-law is identified in today’s high court opinion as ‘K.M.’ The events of the case took place in Whitewater, and the Walworth County trial was before Circuit Judge Kristine Drettwan.) Johnson appealed his conviction, and…
Biden-Harris, Courts, Elections, Law, Presidential race 2020, Trump, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rejects, 4-3, Trump Campaign’s Petition to Overturn Wisconsin Election Result
by JOHN ADAMS •
Earlier this morning, the Wisconsin Supreme Court denied the Trump Campaign’s petition to overturn, on various grounds, Joe Biden & Kamala Harris’s popular-vote victory in the state. (As a matter of law, the state’s high court affirmed a prior judgment and order against the Trump Campaign in the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Stephen A.…