Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of forty-three. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 7:03 PM, for 12h 01m 23s of daytime. The moon is in its third quarter with 49% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Involvement & Cable TV Commission is scheduled to meet at 5…
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.13.20
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.12.20
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of fifty-nine. Sunrise is 7:09 AM and sunset 6:59 PM, for 11h 49m 40s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1933, Pres. Roosevelt delivers his first Fireside Chat (audio…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.11.20
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Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be mostly cloudy with a high of forty-nine. Sunrise is 7:11 AM and sunset 6:57 PM, for 11h 46m 45s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 95.3% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1941, Pres. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill. Recommended for…
Bad Ideas, Boosterism, CDA, Corporate Welfare, Development, Economy, Planning, Poverty, WEDC
Declines, Recessions, and Rhetoric
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
While yesterday was a bad day for the financial markets, it’s the underlying – and troubling – fundamental condition of the economy that matters far more. Places like Whitewater, that adopted business special interests’ “if-you-build-it-they-will-come” approach despite increasing poverty and stagnation in household and individual incomes, are especially vulnerable to a downturn. Market Declines. Steven…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.7.20
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Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of fifty. Sunrise is 6:17 AM and sunset 5:53 PM, for 11h 35m 12s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 92.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1811, naturalist and longtime Wisconsin resident Increase Allen Lapham…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 3.2.20
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.21.20
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.18.20
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Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of thirty-two. Sunrise is 6:46 AM and sunset 5:30 PM, for 10h 43m 49s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 23.9% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater School Board’s Calendar Committee meets at 3:45 PM, and Whitewater’s Police &…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.17.20
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Agriculture, Economics, Economy, Federal Government, Trump
Brain Drain Plagues Key USDA Research Service After Trump Administration Orders Relocation
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When the Trump administration relocated the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service to the Kansas City area last year, about two-thirds of its employees quit their jobs rather than move. Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, called the mass resignations a “wonderful way to streamline the government.” These departures have…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.9.20
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be snowy with a high of thirty-five. Sunrise is 6:59 AM and sunset 5:18 PM, for 10h 19m 34s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 99% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1870, Pres. Grant signs a joint resolution authorizing the Weather Bureau…
Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.7.20
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Daily Bread
Daily Bread for 2.6.20
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Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of thirty-two. Sunrise is 7:02 AM and sunset 5:14 PM, for 10h 11m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 89.8% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1967, Stokely Carmichael speaks at UW-Whitewater as part of a forum…