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Daily Bread for 5.23.23: A Wisconsin Shared Revenue Deal Hasn’t Been Imminent for Months (Obviously)

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 83. Sunrise is 5:24 AM and sunset 8:19 PM for 14h 55m 03s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 14.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in  1854, the Milwaukee and Mississippi railroad reached Madison, connecting the city…

City, Daily Bread, Government Spending, Legislature, Local Government, State Government, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 5.12.23: Shared Revenue Changes Advance

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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with intermittent thunderstorms and a high of 73. Sunrise is 5:34 AM and sunset 8:08 PM for 14h 33m 39s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter with 49.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1949, the Soviet Union lifts its blockade…

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Daily Bread for 2.21.23: Will Wisconsin Find a Shared Revenue Resolution?

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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 32. Sunrise is 6:41 AM and sunset 5:34 PM for 10h 52m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 2.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1947, in New York City, Edwin Land demonstrates the first “instant camera,” the…

Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Foxconn, Government Spending, Local Government

Daily Bread for 1.5.23: Will Mount Pleasant’s Local Government See Accountability for Foxconn?

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 34. Sunrise is 7:25 AM and sunset 4:35 PM for 9h 10m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.2% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM.   On this day in 1914, the Ford Motor Company announces…

Daily Bread, Government Spending, Insurance, Local Government, Open Government, School District

Daily Bread for 9.19.22: Insurance is No Assurance

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Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 77. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 6:56 PM for 12h 16m 42s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 35.3% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM.    On this day in 1796, George Washington’s Farewell Address…

Bad Ideas, Corporate Welfare, Daily Bread, Foxconn, Government Spending, WEDC, Wisconsin

Daily Bread for 9.16.22: At Foxconn, Workers Are Bored and Go Home Early

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Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:36 AM and sunset 7:02 PM for 12h 25m 20s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 61.9% of its visible disk illuminated.   On this day in 1959, the first successful photocopier, the Xerox 914, is introduced in a…

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Daily Bread for 9.12.22: Ron Johnson, the Corporate Welfare Beneficiary (and Ideological Fraud)

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Good morning.   Monday in Whitewater will be rainy with high of 63. Sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 7:09 PM for 12h 36m 48s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.4% of its visible disk illuminated.  Whitewater’s Planning Commission meets at 6 PM.    On this day in 490 BC, the conventionally…

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Daily Bread for 9.10.22: A Report on the Starin Park Water Tower

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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will see scatted afternoon showers with high of 79. Sunrise is 6:30 AM and sunset 7:12 PM for 12h 42m 30s of daytime.  The moon is full with all of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1813, the United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie…

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Daily Bread for 8.25.22: Speech, Factions, and Persuasion Over the Referendums

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see morning rain and scattered afternoon thundershowers with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:13 AM and sunset 7:40 PM for 13h 27m 17s of daytime.  The moon is a waning crescent with 3.2% of its visible disk illuminated.  On this day in 1609, Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to…

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Daily Bread for 8.18.22: Gableman Accomplished Nothing

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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 80. Sunrise is 6:05 AM and sunset 7:51 PM for 13h 46m 02s of daytime.  The moon is a waning gibbous with 56.6% of its visible disk illuminated.   Whitewater’s Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM.   On this day in 1868, French astronomer Pierre Janssen…

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Daily Bread for 7.20.22: Michels Keeps His Money, Discards His Views

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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 86. Sunrise is 5:35 AM and sunset 8:27 PM for 14h 51m 54s of daytime.  The moon is in its third quarter with 50.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1969, Apollo 11‘s crew successfully makes the first manned landing on…