Pressure on us, getting an adequate agreement on Education Funding early in this session. Hogg and other lawmakers also want to see progress on cleaning up iowas polluted waterways, oversight on the states move toward privatized medicaid services, and more emphasis on helping small business. 29 43 weve become too focused on one thing only, and thats agriculture. We need to diversify even more. And that helps if we help those young people and people going through life changes in a startup situation for a business. In des moines, brady smith, kcrg tv 9 news. For the first time in history, a woman is leading the iowa house. Republican Linda Upmeyer from clear lake took over as iowas speaker of the house for the first time today. Upmeyer is taking the gavel from kraig paulsen, a republican from hiawatha who stepped down after last session. Three years ago, pam jochum became her partys first female Iowa Senate President , where she still serves. Between jochum and upmeyer, the Iowa Legislat
Ever were showing them that this is a reality. Reality. Both sides will have to get along. Just like last year, republicans control the iowa house, while democrats have the most seats in the senate. One thing most iowans want to see, and soon, is a higher number on the thermometer. Thermometer. Chief meteorologist terry swails is here now with the Cedar Rapids Community School District wants to hear from you. District Officials Say theyve been working on an equity plan but they need the publics opinion on how successful its been so far. Far. Fox 28 News Reporter dora miller joins us with more on the initiative and how you can voice your thoughts on the program. The district says they want to have an open discussion. The superintendent wants to know how they can make sure every child is successful no matter their race or socioeconomic background. Background. Theres always room for district is trying to do just that with your help. Help. Were interested to know from the community what we
Gun violence. sot sen. John mccain, r to his failed policy. Again. Hope. All the lawmakers running for president democrat and republican are expected to be here tonight except ted cruz. Hes skipping the speech to campaign in new hampshire. Im tracie potts in washington back to you. You can watch the president s final state of the Union Address at 8 oclock tonight right here on kwwl now to decision 2016 the new Quinnipiac University poll is released showing Bernie Sanders leading hillary clinton. Senator sanders is pulling from 49 percent of likely Iowa Democratic caucus participants while clinton is pulling 44 percent. Meanwhile donald trump is back in eastern iowa today. Trump will be in cedar falls this evening. He will be campaigning at the unis west gym at 6 oclock. Hillary clinton is also in eastern iowa todayy she will be campainging in dubuqe at 1 45 this afternoon at the charles and romona myers center. Earlier today she was on iowa states campus in ames. Andthe lineup is settf
Front that will track in to the state. Ill have details in a few minutes. Picking up our team seven coverage. Storm track sevens Amanda Gilbert is live at a waterloo tire shop, where theyve been seeing more business due to the weather. Well this is something i didnt know. But tire shoo across eastee iowa. A. Like the one im in pressure check does this look familiar to you . pressure check with these below soon be dealing with this. flat tire weve had a combinatino of just good old flat tires. And cold weathers the crowning blow Services Says colder temperatures can cause your tire pressure to drop. They get low on air. Adn then if theres any other extenuating cirmcumstances. Wsuch as a pothole. It can be the major piece of straw that breaks a camels back. To avood this standup one thing you can do is cceck your tirrs every morning before hitting the road. Its a good idea to take a look airplane pilot. And its just a matter of Walking Around and taking a look at it. Lind says this is wh
Warm front moves in tomorrow, which should help out in the temperatures as we head back into the 20s areawide. We are still on track for 30s on thursday after this, a system is still on track for friday and possibly a second one for saturday. In either case, we are too far out for any details on amounts or impacts. Well be watching this as we move forward. Stay warm out there today windy and cold high 28 winds nw 1530tonight partly cloudy low 42 winds w 515tomorrow m cloudy, sct. Flurries high 2026 winds s 515tomorrow night partly cloudy low 1622 winds sw 510 linn county Auditor Joel Miller says hes sorry the countys annual valuation report isnt ready. And that could impact your property taxes. He says system issues means the system wont produce a report he can approve. Cities, townships, and School Districts use the report to determine their yearly budgets. If that number is lower than the previous year, it could raise taxes. Miller says people have inquired about the system, and he w