Good morning.

Sunday in Whitewater will again be windy with a high of 93. Sunrise is 5:16 and sunset is 8:37, for 15 hours, 20 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 11.4 percent of its visible disk illuminated.
On this day in 1944, President Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

Meanwhile, in Wisconsin:
The most common word attached to the current state of Wisconsin’s economy is “uncertainty.”
In just about every sector, businesses have been forced to adjust and become flexible for any future economic headwinds. Persistent inflation and the impact of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump since he returned to office in January have businesses and consumers struggling to plan.
“Nobody worth their salt is making any legitimate forecasts,” said Dennis Winters, chief economist with the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development.
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But recent national reports have showed that hiring is slowing. There’s worry that trend could expand and lead to job cuts.
National surveys show that consumers are starting to feel the same uncertainty and are starting to pull back on spending on things like cars, clothing and appliances. And a variety of factors, including high mortgage interest rates, are stalling the residential real estate markets. More pullbacks, including reduced air travel, are anticipated.
See Ricardo Torres, Tom Daykin, Rick Barrett, Sarah Volpenhein, and Genevieve Redsten, Economic anxiety: How sectors of Wisconsin’s economy that affect everyday lives are faring, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 16, 2025.
Sun blasts powerful X-flare that ‘appears to destabilize filament,’ causing it to erupt: