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
Chances of rain still on track for this weekend. Rain ounts on this systemem main in question and well continue to monitor this system as we get closer to the weekend. Coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will be a big topic at Tonights City Council meeting. On december 9th, moodys investors servicic downgraded the citys bond rating. Thats generally seen as a negative reflection of the citys finances and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money the bond rating dropped to the owest rating of Investment Grade on moodys scale. The company rated coralville this way because of its high debt and liabilities. Liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. Coralville has about 267Million Dollars in debt. In iowa, only cedar rapids and des moines both much larger cities have more debt. The rating will have little impact on residents. They say they expect to see the city continue to grow. While coral
Tomorrow, i hate to tell you, could be worse. Wednesday is expected to be the busiest day on the highways and wicked weather across the country is not going to help. Rob marciano is starting us off with that. Good morning, rob. Good morning, lara. Yeah, today y no picnic. Tomorrow is even worse. Across the roads in the east. I40, i80 and i95. West, snow at the higher elevations, i5 from seattle to San Francisco will be wet but over the siskiyous, snow and ice. Traveling by air tomorrow, i think the east will be the Biggest Issue with low clouds and low visibility from chicago, atlanta, d. C. And new york, as well. Today, dallas, youve got a Severe Weather threat could see tornadoes but a greater threat as this system moves off to the east. Memphis, nashville and birmingham, tornadoes a possibility. And then again, sunday and monday for folks who might be traveling back for next week. Youre just full of good news today. Merry christmas. Okay, thank you. The race for president now, your
Girl. 18 27 is that what you needed . As they prepareeor the hohodays, theyre also preparing for work to begin on their home. After applying, the couple discovered their home has more lead paint than they thought. 14 12 25 theres lead paint in a lot of different areas of our home. Especially in the windows. Upstairs especially they are painted and outside we have a lot of lead paint we have a gazebo in the back. 14 21 30 its crumbling even as i open it. But you can see the chips. Thats the stuff charlotte could get her hands on and we dont want her to the program will pay for all the work on the couples home. Project leaders say lead paint can cause Serious Health problems like developmental delays and learning disabilities. 14 07 50 children will ingest the paint, it will taste sweet, its like candy to them. If people dont start applying for the hazard hunters money, Program Leaders say theyll need to send the money back to the Us Department of housing and ive been all over the commun
Ne cloudy cold weather is expected wednesday with a few snow showers. Readings climbing from 29 at 8am to 36 at 3pm 3pm an update to a breaking new story from earlier this year, the anamosa inmate at the center of a llphone smuggling investigation has been sent back to kansas. Wesley ziegler was serving a sentence for robbery and kidnapping. He had been serving time in anamosa under a transfer agreement with kansas but is now being sent back. Last year, officials found his cellphone, prompting a lengthy instigation. Prosecutors say he wcrked with a guard to smuggle phones in for money. Four guards have pleaded guilty to charges nine prison employees have lost their jobs. New details tonight on the firing of the Chicago Police emanuel made the announcement this morning, my colleague Scott Sanborn in context. Scott . Karen calls fothe city of chicago to make changes in its police force intensified after video surfaced showing a teenager being shot more than officer. This morningmayor Rah