Principals and superintendents to say that you have kids in the region qualifying yet only 40 kids are taking it. N you look at your taxes when i had to subsidize my classrooms, it made me very angry. Andy, what is your take on these results . Well, Big Questions about what the future of state and federal policy are going to look like. It looks like the nation is rebelling 35, maybe 40 years of the drift of policy on this. What i mean is there is a sense that americas local system of schools werent getting the job done in the way we need them to. Say, the late 1970s, early 1980s, scores on the sats and so forth. There has been this impulse to centralize more and more. We have the accountability movements of the 1980s and 1990s. The apotheosis of accountability. Top,we had race to the where we get more and more power in the State Government and at the federal government. Going through these results, it is remarkable i use the term technocrat, the idea that a central administrator with T
Flags outside the Us Supreme Court and in other parts of the country are flying at half staff today in honor of justice Antonin Scalia. The leading conservative voice on the Nations High Court died after nearly 30 years on the bench. The 79yearold scalia apparently died of Natural Causes while on a trip to texas yesterday. Scalia was appointed by president Ronald Reagan in 1986. Serving as the Senior Member of the court for the last several years. President obama says he will nominate a replacement for scalia. The president offered his condolences to Justice Scalias family from california. Obama our country. Calling him a larger than life presence on the bench with a brilliant legal mind. He then announced he would seek to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court. Saying the nomination is bigger than any one party. I plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. There will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its respons
Decision time. A pipeline controversy may finally be you why after 15 months of deliberating, today could be the day landowners hear a yes or a no. Booming business. Cold temps have some workers very busy this morning. Hear why keeping warm can cost you. And what to do to avoid getting stuck in the cold. Shots fired. New information this morning about what caused bullets to fly in a des moines car chase. Hear from officers who say the choice to shoot was life or death. Its thursday, february 11th. First on 13. Iowa land owners are hoping a 15 month fight comes to an end this morning. Today the utilities board holds their final meeting on a Controversial Oil pipeline that would cut through iowa properties. The 3point7 billion dollar pipeline would carry oil through four states. Including iowa. Illinois, north dakota and south dakota have already okayed it. Now iowa is the only state that hasnt given the goahead. All this week Board Members have pipelines pros and cons. Discussion has ra
First on 13. Two newton inmates are still at large this morning after making a run for it this weekend. But for correctional officers. The escape feels like deja vu. Michael amodeo and jessy foley were nowhere to be found saturday night during a routine check. The two are now the second and third inmates to escape the confines of newtons facility in just one month. 28yearold edward shorter attempted the same thing when he walked away from the facility. He was captured a day later in des moines. Now the department of corrections says it cant say for sure whether most people, if they make this choice, they dont want to get caught, so a lot of times they try to stay hidden as much as they can so its a real difficult question to answer as far as if theres any Public Safety or not. both men were serving sentences on drug charges. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 immediately. Were learning more about a sunday night shooting on des moines east side. Police have named the victim. H
Into the 50s and 60s look to return early news midday. The Alexander Fazzino trial resumed this morning, well have recap of who has already taken the stand and what to expect in the coming days. Lucas tomorrow is super tuesday and a potentially gamechanging day for the president ial candidates on the campaign trail lucas a grand view wrestler gets another chance. Local 5s Elias Johnson sits down with andrew long to talk about how hes rising up from the bottom he created for himself. Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa lucas good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im lucas casey. Lucas our top story. Police are on the lookout for two escaped prisoners this morning. Lucas Authorities Say the pair went missing from the newton correctional facility. Guards discovered jessy foley and Michael Amodeo were gone during a routine check saturday night. At this point, three local sheriffs departments as well as the Des Moines Police department are working to h