Good morning.
Thursday in Whitewater will be partly cloudy with a high of 74. Sunrise is 5:15 AM and sunset 8:35 PM for 15h 19m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 7.4% of its visible disk illuminated.
The Whitewater Community Development Authority meets at 5:30 PM.
On this day in 1846, the Oregon Treaty extends the border between the United States and British North America, established by the Treaty of 1818, westward to the Pacific Ocean.
Alison Dirr, Jessie Opoien, and Molly Beck report Legislature passes bill aimed at averting Milwaukee financial crisis, lifting aid to local governments:
MADISON – For years, it was far from clear that a bill to boost funding for cities, towns, villages and counties in Wisconsin would make it to the finish line — or even the starting line, for that matter.
But on Wednesday, state lawmakers passed the controversial legislation that keeps Milwaukee from entering a fiscal crisis in a bipartisan vote that pushed 12 Republicans to vote against the legislation and 19 Democrats to vote in favor — splitting from the majority of their respective caucuses.
The legislation, sought by local officials for years, required the Democratic governor and Republican legislative leaders to set aside an icy relationship and a history of fierce disagreement and negotiation.
Obvious point: the state’s withholding of billions as surplus benefits none of the ordinary residents who made a surplus possible. Distribution (return to residents, truly) is acceptable in many ways; withholding vast amounts is unacceptable in every way.
Fact-check: Can there be a drought if there has been a recent episode of rain or snow?: