Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 52. Sunrise is 5:50 and sunset is 7:54 for 14 hours 4 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 98.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1789, on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York…
Wisconsin
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…
Daily Bread, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Politics, Tommy Thompson, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.25.26: More Silly Speculation About Tommy Thompson
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be sunny in the afternoon with a high of 65. Sunrise is 5:57 and sunset is 7:48 for 13 hours 51 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 66.2 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 404 BC, Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade…
Daily Bread, Legislature, Politics, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.24.26: Wisconsin Capitol Departs from National Security Trends
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 67. Sunrise is 5:59 and sunset is 7:47 for 13 hours 48 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 55.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1916, Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a…
Daily Bread, Open Government, UW System, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.22.26: The UW Regents’ Category Error on Open Government
by JOHN ADAMS •
City, Climate, Daily Bread, Science/Nature, Weather, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.18.26: Wisconsin’s Changing Weather
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 62. Sunrise is 6:08 and sunset is 7:40 for 13 hours 32 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 1.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1938, Superman debuts in Action Comics #1 (cover dated June 1938). Our weather is…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Politics, Trump, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.16.26: Intrusive Politics Leads to Perpetual Politics
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 69. Sunrise is 6:11 and sunset is 7:38 for 13 hours 27 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 1.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Calendar Committee meets at 4:30 PM and Whitewater’s Community…
Daily Bread, Fair Maps, Gerrymandering, Gov. Evers, Legislature, Speaker Vos, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.15.26: The Special Legislative Session Stays Open for Now
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with evening showers and a high of 71. Sunrise is 6:13 and sunset is 7:37 for 13 hours 24 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 4.9 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks and Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. On this…
City, Daily Bread, Elections, Local Government, Open Government, School District, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.8.26: April Election Results, First Pass
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 65. Sunrise is 6:24 and sunset is 7:29 for 13 hours 5 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 65.3 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1820, a Greek farmer discovers the Venus de Milo on the Aegean island of Milos.…
City, Daily Bread, Elections, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.7.26: Elections Are a Beginning
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 43. Sunrise is 6:26 and sunset is 7:28 for 13 hours 2 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 73.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1927, AT&T engineer Herbert Ives transmits the first long-distance public television broadcast (from Washington,…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.4.26: Maria Lazar Campaign Lies on Its Way Out the Door
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 49. Sunrise is 6:31 and sunset is 7:24 for 12 hours 53 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 93.7% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1818, Congress, affirming the Second Continental Congress, adopts the flag of the United States with…
Daily Bread, Open Government, UW System, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 4.3.26: The Secretive Effort to Force the UW President Out of His Job
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Good Friday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 57. Sunrise is 6:33 and sunset is 7:23 for 12 hours 50 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 97.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1948, President Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing aid for 16 countries. The…
City, Daily Bread, Elections, Gubernatorial Race 2026, Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin, WisDems, WISGOP
Daily Bread for 4.1.26: The Benefit of a Competitive Wisconsin Gubernatorial Primary
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be windy with a high of 42. Sunrise is 6:38 and sunset is 7:21 for 12 hours 43 minutes of daytime. The moon will be full this evening. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1960, the TIROS-1 satellite, a weather satellite, transmits the first television picture from space.…
Courts, Daily Bread, Elections, Wisconsin
Daily Bread for 3.31.26: The Wisconsin Supreme Court Race is Quiet
by JOHN ADAMS •
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see scattered afternoon thundershowers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 6:38 and sunset is 7:20 for 12 hours 42 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97.7 percent of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Aquatic Center Committee meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in…