Good morning.
Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 51. Sunrise is 7:24 and sunset 4:27 for 9h 02m 44s of daytime. The moon is full with 99.8% of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1776, at the Battle of Trenton the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian forces.
Robert D’Andrea reports Wisconsin adds more jobs, unemployment remains low (‘State reaches all-time high in total non-farm jobs’):
Wisconsin’s labor force continues to grow, according to the latest data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The total number of non-farm related jobs across Wisconsin hit a record high of more than 3 million during the month of November.
That’s more than 32,000 additional jobs compared to the same time last year, and an increase of 1,700 compared to October, according to an analysis of the preliminary data from the state’s Department of Workforce Development.
“If you’re a job seeker, this is a fantastic time. If you’re trying to hire, it’s a little tougher,” DWD economist Scott Hodek said Thursday. “That’s why DWD and the state are doing so many things to try and get everybody into the labor force and skilled-up as much as possible.”
Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was 3.3 percent last month, up a tenth of a percent from October.
That’s lower than the national average of 3.7 percent. And it remains far below the average of the last three decades.
Large explosion in Crimea as Ukrainian airstrike hits Russian warship: