Coming up this morning on abc9 news. Iowa lawmakers are debating a speed increase on state highways. Details are up ahead concerns rise over the upcoming changes to iowas medicaid program. Well head to the state house later this morning. Plus. Hundreds of siouxland women came together for a special conference. Including our own Jenna Rehnstrom these stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. Im lukas voss. Lawmakers in des moines are considering bumping up speeds on state highways. The change would increase the speed from 55 to 65 Miles Per Hour on two lane highways throughout iowa. But not everyone agrees. Abc9 News Reporter jess plue has more on the pros and cons of the potential increase. If all the roads were like this, then yes, speeds could be a little higher, but Woodbury County these roads, says officer todd wingert. The roads officer todd wingert is talking about are twolane highways in iowa. On tuesday, a
Jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Iowa is trying to keep up with neighboring states. But when it comes to how fast you can go on the roads. Not everyone agrees that we should be pushing the limit. Tim lawmakers in des moinin are cocoidering bumping up speeds on state highghys. Abc9s jess pluehas more on the pros and cons. Jess that right. A bill has been sent to lawmakers proposing an increse in road speeds. More specifically, an increase from 55mph to 65mph on two lane highways throughout iowa. But while many are excited to quench their need for speed, others are more cautious about the potential increase. If all the roads were l le this, then yes, speeds could be a little higher, but woododry county only has three of these roads, says officer todd wingert. The roads officer todd wingert is talking about are twolane highways in iowa. On tuesd, a bill went into the hands of lawmakers to increase speeds from 60 to 65 mph. Gary worthan proposed this bill, keeping the state of iowa in check w
Quickly arrives on tuesday giving the area another chance for light accumulating snow, but may also mix with rain in our southern counties. We stay active with another weak system rolling through on wednesday, possibly sparking off a few flurries or light snow showers. Little to no accumulation is expect at this time. Once we get past this system, the rest of our week warms up significantly. Highs will easily be in the upper 30s and low 40s on thursday, upper 40s by friday well have to watch out for some fog and drizzle on thursday, however. Tonight m cloudy, flurries low 1521 winds s 515 alo 18 dbq 18 iow 19tomorrow mostly cloudy high 3238 wiwids sw 510 alo 34 dbq 33 iow 36 ck to you. Jane kelly is one of a handful of potential Supreme Court nominees several news outlets have mentioned since the death of justice antonin scalia. She has been a judge in the us court of appeals for the ghth circuit in dar rapids, since 2013. Before at, she was a public defender in eastern iowa. President
Medicaid system. K12 Education Funding as their top priority. You might remember that last year, lawmakers went several weeks past their deadline on coming to an agreement on that issue. And it finally ended with governor branstad vetoing the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement the legislature finally came to. Representative dave jacoby says democrats and republicans will need to sort of re learn w to Work Together on the issue. Weve dug quite a deep hole with what the governor has done to education ithe last fouor five years. So now we have to make an incremental improvement. And incremental to me means at leaea 3 percent allowable growth. Jacoby also wants to see the state create more incentives for teacher Leadership Programs and other lawmakers we spoke with say improving iowas Water Quality, helping small and upstart businesses get off the ground, and Domestic Violence prevention are on the agenda. In des moines, brady smith, kcrg tv9 news. With just weeks left until the iowa caucuses,
W7iowas lawmakers are a c des moines this morning for the start of the legislative session. Representatives and senators want to follow up on some things from last year, while keeping their eye on new developments this year. Kcrgtv9s brady smith is live in des moines this morning. Brady, what can we expect this session . Most of the lawmakers we spoke with yesterday say theyre keeping an eye on the states move to private management of its medicaid system. But theyre really looking k12 Education Funding as their top priority. You might remember that last year, lawmakers went several weeks past their deadline on coming to an agreement on that issue. And it finally ended with governor branstad d toing the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement the legislature finally came to. Representative dave jacoby says democrats and republicans will ned to sort of re learn how to Work Together on the issue. Weve dug quite a deep hole four or five years. So now we have to make an incremental improvement. And