They hit this walmart on south florida avenue two times making off with carpels of expensive electronics. They are not your average shoplifters. These seven people are looking at decades behind bars for racketeering. They are experienced criminals and organize to steal. Reporter they are accused of running an electronic theft ring. Boldly walking out with electronics stuffed in bags or sometimes more sneaky. They would put them in boxes of diapers and fell the box back. They would go through and scan the box for the diaper cost, put it in the bag and walk out of the store. Reporter and then turn around and sell it. 178,000 worth of merchandise total. You know who pays for that . Not walmart. You do is the consumer. Reporter jerry shops at walmart and wasnt happy to hear about it. It makes prices go up on everything else. Reporter they hit stores all over polk county and detectives worked with other agencies and the state to catch them. County jail and three still on the run. The share
Now to our top story, Governor Terry branstad is laying out s priorities for this years legislative session, including spending more on education and reworking the states medicaid system. Cbs 2 News Reporter steffi lee was in des moines during branstads twentysecond condition ofofthe state address. Address. The republican majority house and the democratic controlled Senate Working for this new yesterday and are already hard at work. With the march first medicaid review deadline leaders plan to send an oversight bill to the house to hold managed Care Organizations accountable. Governor Terry Branstad said in his condition of the state speech tuesday he wants to Fund Medicaid and ededation. He says medicaid continues to stretch iowas budget and wants to follow other Healthcare Programs across the nation. Branstad said he wants an increase of k12 funding of more than one hundred and d fortyfive Million Dollars. He stuck by the proposal he unveiled last week where School Infrastructure fun
M oderator would not be used to defend the barn on samesex marriage even though it was the biggest constitutional challenge the state faces right now. As governor, you would be part of the council that oversees the fund. How should the fund be used, and with would you as governor use it to defend idahos samesex marriage ban . I think regardless of what an individuals beliefs are about whether we should have samesex marriage in idaho, the fight is not one idaho can currently win. I think that must be used to money used to fight the lawsuit is money thrown down the drain. Even nevada saw the wisdom in not pursuing that litigation any further. I think the writings on the wall, and there are certainly just some things idaho cannot afford to do in these hard economic times. Moderator all right. Balukoff idahos ban was found to violate the United States constitution. And, again, however people feel personally about samesex marriage, we also believe in honoring, obeying and sustaining the law
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Water trip Water Treatment facility is at capacity. The state has helped find the grants to help that facility expand the Water Treatment facility and let the cheese factories expand. Thats the kind of thing the government can help as this is due. Isagain, governments role not to help one business compete against another. Government should only be involved in keeping regulation low, keeping taxes low and fair across the board, keeping taxes predictable, and getting out of the way of letting the free market do its job. Ofone of the main powers idaho governor is the ability to make appointments, which can really drive the agenda of your administration. How would you go about selecting the agenda for your administration . Isi think the good model what they use for appointing judges where they have some lawyers get together and review the applications for those positions and then make those recommendations to the governor, and i think in the case of judges, they recommend three people. I t