On their agenda after an extended session last year ended with few major results. Results. State lawmakers are expected to tackle Education Funding and watereruality initiatives. Last week governor branstad said he wants to divert some tax dollars from education to Water Quality. The lack of progress last year was partly blamed on the fact that republicans controlled the wa house and while e democrats controlled the senate which will stay the same this year. Tomorrow Governor Terry branstad will delir his condition of the state address. That speech is scheduled to begin at 10 in the morning at the iowa s ste Capitol Building in des moines. Later that day president barack obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address. Address. Many expect it will be different than the final state of the union aaress from other president s. Instead of a laundry list of proposals the president is expected to reflect on his two terms in the white house. You can see the president s state of the un
The nation was focused on the us capitol, as president barack obama gave his 7th and final state of the Union Address last night. Night. But instead of focusing on a long list of things to do in his final year the president told the country hes looking beyond that. That. I dont want to talk just about the next year. I want to focus on the next five years, ten years, and beyond. But it also involved looking back at his last seven. The president said the us is in the longest streak of private sector job creation in history and he championed the Iran Nuclear Deal and Climate Change agreement made in paris last month. He also laid out a few bipartisan agreements he thinks should get done like criminal Justice Reform and preventing Prescription Drug abuse. The president said he strained relations between the two parties. Its one of the few regrets of my presidency that the rancor and suspicion between the parties has gotten worse instead of better. Better. Tomorrow the president will visit
Missed so much on this campus. Ui Officials Say theyre looking forward to this summer. When three flood replacement buildings valued at more than 400 Million Dollars open up. Then in december so too will the 360 Million Dollar childrens hospital. Weve interrupted a lot of traffic patterns, theres been a lot of dust around campus and interruptions and its nice to clear that up, now well have other projects, the community will have other projects, theres a lot of roadwork coming our way in theext few years but its unprecedented and something worth celebrating as for hastings. He may not be thrilled about the prospect of more work. But he agrees, the completion of more than 3 quarters of a billion dollars in projects is something certainly worth celebrating. Its always nice to see these new buildings, its just, i dont know it makes me feel great to be an iowa student knowing we have all these cool buildings come to campus. And the projects really dont here. Theyve already Broken Ground on
I am here at the university of iowa field house where the doors open in just a few moments. January 26th iowa city, Iowa Campaign rally university of iowa field house 225 south grand avenue iowa city, ia 52242 5 30 p. M. doos open 7 30 p. M. event begins trumpiowacity. Eventbri te. Com weve got you covered live in iowa city. Jessica hartman kwwl news. Also campaigned in marshalltown today. This after he hosted a town hall meeting in pella. Senator rubio also picked up an endorsement from former president ial candidate george pataki. Its his first endorsement. Coming up tonight at six the National Mississippi river museum and aquarium uses an unconventional way to pick a caucus winner a red tailed hawk is presenteded witt pictures of the republican and it was. Tonight at six. After some wintry weather yesterday the roads are still causing some problems for drivers across eastern iowa. Storm track seven chief is tracking the road conditions. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See t
Night mostly cloudy low 2127 winds nw 515 alo 22 dbq 22 iow 24 thanks kaj. A mysterious substance shouldnt impact flights this morning at the Eastern Iowa Airport. A hazmat team arrived late last night to investigate. They found it at baggage claim, which is where we find tv9s Forrest Saunders live this morning. Forrest what did Airport Security tell you when you arrived . Chris, nicole, its back to business as usual here at the Eastern Iowa Airport. Earlier this morning though, totally different scene. Airport police had closed off this entire area, the bag claim, while hazmat checked out an unknown substance. Heres what authorities are telling us this started just before 7 pm. Airline personnel altered suspicious bag had come in on a flight from chicago. The bag area was closed off a little while after. Hazmat was called in to investigate. That unidentified substance was tested. Authorities say it was determined to be non hazardous. The bag claimed area reopened around 4 a. M. No one