Good morning.
Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 31. Sunrise is 7:08 and sunset is 4:21 for 9 hours 13 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 97 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
The 2025 TIF Joint Review Board meets at 3 PM.
On this day in 1973, Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.
Are we tired of winning yet? Have we won so much that we’re sick of winning? One asks the question because November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports:
The U.S. labor market slowdown intensified in November as private companies cut 32,000 workers, with small businesses hit the hardest, payrolls processing firm ADP reported Wednesday.
With worries intensifying over the domestic jobs picture, ADP indicated the issues were worse than anticipated. The payrolls decline marked a sharp step down from October, which saw an upwardly revised gain of 47,000 positions, and was well below the Dow Jones consensus estimate from economists for an increase of 40,000.
Larger businesses, entailing companies with 50 or more employees, actually reported a net gain of 90,000 workers.
However, establishments with fewer than 50 workers saw a decline of 120,000, including a drop of 74,000 among firms with 20 to 49 employees. The total loss was the biggest drop since March 2023.
See Jeff Cox, November private payrolls unexpectedly fell by 32,000, led by steep small business job cuts, ADP reports, CNBC, December 3, 2025.
Exit questions, inevitable ones, for Whitewater: Why listen to the men who diminished the local economy for their own self-interest over a generation, and who back the policies and officials that are diminishing the national economy now?
Drunk raccoon found passed out in liquor store bathroom: