Good morning.

Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 76. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:36, for 15 hours, 20 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 52.6 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM.
On this day in 1815, the Battle of Waterloo results in the defeat of French dictator Napoleon Bonaparte by the Duke of Wellington and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, forcing Napoleon to abdicate the throne of France for the second and last time.
Yesterday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision striking down a law enacted in 2018 that required the Department of Justice to obtain approval from the Joint Finance Committee before settling many civil cases. The court held that litigation in two primary areas (civil enforcement actions and cases the DOJ brings at the request of executive agencies) constitutes core executive functions. Wisconsin’s high court held that requiring legislative approval for settlements in these cases violates the Wisconsin Constitution’s separation of powers.
See Henry Redman, Unanimous Wisconsin Supreme Court rules for AG Kaul, limiting legislative committee’s powers, Wisconsin Examiner, June 17, 2025.
See also Kaul v. Wisconsin State Legislature, 2025 WI 23, No. 2022AP000790:
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