Coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will be a big topic at Tonights City Council meeting. On december 9th, Moodys Investors Service downgraded the citys bond rating. Tts generally seen ap a negative reflection of the cityty financnc and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money. The bond rating dropped to the lowest rating of Investment Grade on moodys scale. The company rated coralville this way becauau of its high debtbtnd liabilities. Liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. Coralville has about 267million dollars in debt. In iowa, ly cedar raraids and des moines both much larger cities have more debt. Coralville city Officials Say the rating will have little impact on residents. They say they expect to see the city continue to grow. While taxes do help pay off this debt, those property taxes will not increase. No, theyre not, and we have. And we have never missed a debt payment, we continue to make those payments, and we dont hav
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
He said his campaign conducted its own poll and found about 75 percent of iowans are still undecided. A new National Poll shows the race for the republican ticket is in a dead heat. Quinnipiac university released new poll numbers just this morning. It shows donald trump is still leading the republican field. But senator ted cruz is closg the gap, now just 4 points behind trump. Florida senator marco o bio is in 3rd place e th 12 percent support. Doctor ben carson is the only other candidate in the double digits. The poll has a margin of error of 4 point 4 percent. The poll also found a majority of americans both republcans and democrats would be embarrassed to have donald trump as the face of the nation. 50 percent said it would be embarrassing, while 23 percent said they would be proud to have him as president. On the democratic side, Quinnipiac University found Hillary Clinton with more than sanders. 61 percent of likely democratic caucusgoers support clinton while 30 percent support
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