Good morning.
It’s a Wednesday of showers and thunderstorms ahead for Whitewater, with a high of sixty-two.
On this day in 1996,
W-2 (Wisconsin Works) [Was] Signed Into Law
On this date Governor Tommy Thompson signed the W-2 (Wisconsin Works) program into law, making Wisconsin the first U.S. state to replace a benefits-based welfare system with a requirement that recipients work to get aid. W-2 formed the basis for national welfare reform. [Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Tommy G. Thompson Center]
Via Wisconsin Historical Society.
Nineteen ninety-six seems like a lifetime ago.
Google’s daily puzzle offers a test of green-living knowledge: “What’s the total generating capacity (in megawatts) of the United States’ largest renewable-energy producer?”