Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 84. Sunrise is 5:52 and sunset is 8:07 for 14 hours 15 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 33.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1944, IBM dedicates the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled…
Employment
Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 7.2.26: American Job Creation Disappoints in June
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be increasingly sunny with a high of 90. Sunrise is 5:20 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 94.1% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission is scheduled to meet at 6 PM. Whitewater’s Independence Holiday celebration…
Daily Bread, Employment, Nature
Daily Bread for 6.30.26: Nature Brings Employment
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 91. Sunrise is 5:19 and sunset is 8:37 for 15 hours 17 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1908, the Tunguska Event, the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history, results in…
Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 4.27.26: A Difficult Job Market Regrettably Gets Less Attention
by JOHN ADAMS •
Business, City, Daily Bread, Development, Employment, Local Government
Daily Bread for 4.23.26: Council Approves Sale of Business Park Lots for Summerset Marine
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 78. Sunrise is 6:00 and sunset is 7:46 for 13 hours 46 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 43.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1985, Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is…
Daily Bread, Early Childhood, Economy, Employment, Trump, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 4.13.26: Trump on Daycare
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 74. Sunrise is 6:16 and sunset is 7:35 for 13 hours 19 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 18.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 4:30 PM and Whitewater’s Plan…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 12.4.25: Layoff Announcements Top 1.1 Million This Year, Most Since 2020 Pandemic
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 16. Sunrise is 7:09 and sunset is 4:21 for 9 hours 12 minutes of daytime. The moon will be full this evening. On this day in 1864, during Sherman’s March to the Sea, Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia,…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 12.3.25: National Private Payrolls Fall by 32,000, Led by Small Business Job Cuts
by JOHN ADAMS •
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 11.25.25: Private Job Losses Increase
by JOHN ADAMS •
Daily Bread, Employment, State Government, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 11.5.25: The Veto of a Counterproductive Work Requirement
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 56. Sunrise is 6:34 and sunset is 4:41 for 10 hours 7 minutes of daytime. The moon is full with 99.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1930, American novelist Sinclair Lewis becomes…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment, Far-Right Populism, Populists, Tariffs, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.8.25: Slow Growth Precludes a New Golden Age
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:27 and sunset is 7:16, for 12 hours, 49 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Policy Review Committee meets at 4:30 PM. Whitewater’s Planning and…
America, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.7.25: ‘The Toughest Time to Find Work’
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 64. Sunrise is 6:26 and sunset is 7:18, for 12 hours, 52 minutes of daytime. The moon is full with 100 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1776, according to American colonial reports, Ezra Lee makes the world’s first submarine attack in…
America, City, Daily Bread, Economy, Employment
Daily Bread for 9.5.25: National Labor Market Stalls
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:24 and sunset is 7:21, for 12 hours, 58 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1774, the First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia. We had heard, more than…
Daily Bread, Employment, Labor, Law, Unions, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 9.2.25: Wisconsin Act 10’s Future in Doubt
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:21 and sunset is 7:27, for 13 hours, 6 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 71.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Alcohol Licensing Committee meets at 5 PM and the Whitewater Common Council at…