Urging prospective employers to not ask job applicants whether they are convicted felons. Ey call the Initiative Ban the box. It refers to the box on applications that asks if youre a convicted felon. Members of the human rights commissio asked the Dubuque City Council to discuss that inititative. The council talked about it at yesterdays meeting, but the commission isnt asking the city to change a law or ordinance. It says it just wants a discussion. The Commission Says it can be next to impossible for a convicted felon to find a job after prison. They will be able to let the employers know, yeah i have a criminal background but this is what happened. as opposed to checking the box and the employer says nope, even if they may be qualified. The Dubuque Area Chamber of commerce says the change could could cause safety concerns for employers. The city of dubuque itself has removed the convicted applications. But it does criminal background checks. We told you earli this year abut the ban the Box Initiative in waterloo. The citys human rights Commission Says right now its focusing on banning the box on employment applications. The Commission Says it hopes to meet with the citys chamber of commerce soon. Following this weekends democratic president ial debate, the two frontrunners are campaigning in iowa. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, wi be making stops in eastern iowa today. Shell start off with a town hall at Keota High School at 12 15 this afternoon. Then, clinton is going to fairfield to hold another town hall event there at 4 45. Finally, she will finish off the day with a volunteer thankyou event in bettendorf. That will be at 7 15 tonight. Second in the polls, senator Bernie Sanders is also campaigning in iowa. Hes on the other side of the state with visits in storm lake, carroll, and council bluffs. This is video from sanders event yesterday in sioux city. Iowa, trying to boost low poll numbers. Today he is stopping in new hampton, cresco, osage, northwood and forest city. Yesterday, huckabee stopped at the kava house ca in swisher to answer qyestions from supporters. The fororr arkansas governor says he is not worried about the upcoming caucus and primaries, even though hes near the bottom of the pack. You know if i thought it was over i would go home put my feet up and get back to living a nice comfortable life instead of trudging hrough the ow and going out there and spending all of january in some of the coldest weather in north america. He said his campaign conducted its own poll and found about 75 percent of iowans are still undecided. The gop prekidential field is down to 13. South carolina senator Lindsey Graham dropped out yesterday. He had been polling in the low Single Digits since he launched his Campaign Last june. But graham says he plans to stay engaged in the discussion over National Security and defeating isis. A fairfield man will serve 3 years s obation for violations of the transport and display of a grizzly bear he killed in alaska. 35yearold Brenton Clark pleaded guilty to charges that he transporord wildlife. Clark admitted to killing a bear in alaska and taking it back for display in his home in jefferson county. Clarks probation includes a 2thousand dollar fine, 12020ays of home confinement, and community service. He will also have restrictions on possessing firearms and hunting. The Iowa Division of criminal innestigation says eddie tipton may have had access to lottery jackpots in as many as 37 states. Tipton is already serving a 10 year sentence on two fraud charges here in iowa. Hes a former lottery security worker who installed secret software on the machines that randomly generate winning lotto numbers. Then, he would know the winning digits in advance. Investigators say he tried to get people he knew to collect the multimillion dollar winnings in other states. Were looking into any jackpots that could be associated with eddie tipton. Tiptons Attorney Says there is no evidence that he tampered with any of the computers. For stabbing another woman on sunday. 37yearold Rachel Berger faces charges of willful injury causing serious injury and going armed. Shes in the Black Hawk County jail. Police say berger got into a fight with the other woman at bergers home at 604 burton avenue. They say berger stabbed the woman three times as the victim was leaving. Police found the victim at a home in the 400 block of riehl street and took her to the hospital. Th amana fire chief says its unlikely investigators will be able to determine what caused the fire at the amana golf course on novembe 6th. The s ate Fire Marshals Office determined there are too many variables and nothing points to one of them being the cause. The fire chief says the cause will be listed as unknown. The building was destroyed, but nobody was hurt. Time is running out for people to useeederal grant money through a program called cr hazard hunters. To get rid of lead paint in their houses. Kcrgtv9s Forrest Saunders joins us at the desk this morning. Forrest, cedar rapids and Linn County Public Health received the federal grant in the summer of 2013. Yes, but you got to be quick. In seven momoths, the city hasaso return any unusus grant money. The whwhe aim of the program is to prevent childhood lead poisoning. The city says a home is more likely to have leadbased paint if it was built before 1978, which is referred to as the danger zonene so far, crews have only finished working on 20 homes. They have enough federal funding fo 125 more homes, and hope to get to that within the e xt seven months. A cedar rapids couple is preparing for city crews to come and remove the lead paint with a baby only a few months old. 14 13 15 its not scary anymore now that they are going to be taking care of it and abating i i if we see any more chipping or anything like that we can call and the city will come take care of that too. The money covers ipection improvement costs, Healthy Homes assessments, and Relocation Assistance during repairs. The city says they do have some properties in the works right now. Familils who apply have to meet financial guidelines and need to have children in the home or have children visit often. The grant money can be used until the end of july next year. We do have the Contact Information for this project posted on kcrg dot com. Alright, thanks a lot forrest. The iowa secretary of States Office is accepting applications for the safe at home program. Its a program for survivors of domestic violence, sexual abuse, trafficking, and stalking. It gives them a legal post Office Box Address for government records. Lieutenant governor kim reynolds expects about 150 people will sign up in tt first half of the e ar. Its not the answer, theres other initiatives that we will continue to work on, but it is, as you indicated, another tool in the tool box to start to make a difference for individuals that are suffering. Iowa joins 33 other states in adopting the program. People in cedar rapids are remembering the lives of two Homeless People who were killed d earlier this yeye. The Catherine McauleyCenter Hosted a Memorial Walk for 56yearold Raymond Ursino and 41yearold sharon mead. Last night, participants stopped at the places the two were found and held a ndlelight vigil for them. 14 33 32 at that time, it could have been me. It could have been someone else knew. So many people out there. Angela jones knew both victims jennifefetibbetts , 14 38 1616 homeless is really an issue in our community. We need to remember that. We dont see the homeless population. They are the invisible population in our community they are there and they are struggling. Persons remembrance day. This is the last week for the Johnson CountySalvation Armys bell ringers, who are trying to reach a goal of 325 thousand dollars in red kettle donations. And small communities in the county are trying to help them m t there. Earlier this holiday season, a solon resident noticed there wasnt a single red kettle in that city. She reached out to the Salvation Army, and they were able to give solon its first kettle. Its on the counter top at sams main street market. Salvation Army Development director trisha smith says this gives residents of smaller communities a chance to donate without leaving theirir town. One of the goals for the Salvation Army of Johnson County is to get out into the smaller communities with our services, and one way to open that door up is to introduce our kettles in on the counter top level, and then eventually we can get enough volunteer support that we can do a stand kettle in the community. Smith says so far, people have dropped more than 2 kettle, which h a lot for a single location kettle. During this weekends democratic debate, frontrunner Hillary Clinton called out donald trump. In his response the gop frontrunner used a sexually derogatory remark toward clinton. But right now, heres a look at todays opening farm markets. Good morning its. Plan on clouds to hang on this plan on clouds to hang on this morning, followed by partial clearing thisfternoon. Ternoon highs will range from the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. Plan on more cloududto come in tonight, leading to another good rain chance out there for wednesday. Rain wiwi be around most of t t day on wednesday with amounts around a half inch common, with isolated three quarter inch amounts. Christmas eve and Christmas Day continue to look quiet, with chances of rain still remain in question and well continue to monitor this systst as we get closer toto the weekend. For the first time on record, triplea is predicting more than 100 million americans will be traveling somewhere before the end of the year. The travel company says all of that will happen between this wednesday and january third. It expects most people will be traveling a distance of 50 miles or more. More than 90 percent will be driving, and many will be finding gas prices under two dollars a gallon. Thats the lowest theyve been in seven years. One mcdonalds is testing out a new side dish. You can order another american classic instead of fries for kids meals. Thats coming up in billionaire donald trump has his sights set on Hillary Clinton. Overnight, the gop president ial frontntnner used a sexually derogatory remark against his opponent. Camp has some Kenneth Moton is following the latest war of words. Hillary clinton versus donald trump. The top contenders war of words god downright nasty overnight. The gop frontrunner used a vulgar term to president obama. Sot trump she was favored to win and she got. She lost, i mean she lost. Trump rallied thousandsdsf his susuorters in grand rarads, micicgan. Calli ng out clinton for taking a bathroom break during the abc news democratic debate. Sot trump i know where she went, its disgusting, i dont want to talk about it. No, its too disgusting. Trumps latest attack. Sparked by this clclm from clinton. Sot hilllly clinton he is becoming isiss best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. Trump called that a lie and demanded an apologog Clintons Campaign said quote hell no and clarified clintons claim on msnbc. Sot brian fallonclinton these comments are aired across the middle east, isis is pointing to them on social mediaits farcical to suggest from donald trump of all people, that Hillary Clinton should apologize to him instead, clinton got creative. Quick nat from video she released this Campaign Video just in time foror christmas featuring the grinches in gopville youtube ad well send them back to gopville where they all belong, well protect our progress and keep American Families strong clinton has not responded to trumps latest comments but her Campaign Chair went on a twitter rant saying she will never back down from calling out trump. Kenneth moton, abc news s shington. Now for a quick check on your weather with stay with tv9. Its. Now, one last look at this plan on clouds to hang on this morning, followed by partial clearing this afternoon. Afternoon highs will range from the upper 30s north to lower 40s south. Plan on more clouds to come in tonight, leading to another good rain chance out there for wednesday. Rain will be around most of the day on wednesday with amounts around a half inch common, with isolated three quarter inch amounts. Christmas eve and Christmas Day continue to look quiet, with chances of rain still on track for this weekend. Rain amounts on this system remain in question and well continue to monitor this system as we get closer to the weekend. Abcs Kendis Gibson and reena mornings americas money. Trt oc good morning. Topping americas money more illness linked to chipotle restaurants. In kansas and oklahoma. In all, almost 500 people have been sickened after eating there after recent months. Sales have fallen. Were only sending half as many cards as in 2002 from 2. 9 billion theno 1. 4 billion last year. On so the way it works just four cards per person another new menu item at mcdonalds. Its being tested in the cleveland area. Happy meal entree. No long how the test will run. Mac and cheese happy meals are big in my household. The just press clean and let roomba from irobot help with your everyday messes. Roomba navigates your entire home cleaning up pehair and debris fcr up to 2 hours. Which means your floors are always clean. You and roomba from irobot the city of coralville faces a lot of debt. The city council will talk about what it plans to do tonight. Lead paint can cause serious illness, especially in children. So a Cedar Rapids Program is trying to fix the problem for people, but a deadline is approachin only about a week and a half until new years day. That means hawkeye fans are preparing for the rose bowl, and so is security. Good Tuesday Morning its 5