A des Moines City Councilwoman is under fire this morning. Shes accused of voting on a controversial tax abatement program. Despite having a conflict of interest. The accusation. Comes from her own colleague. 18 18 11 well, she handles financing, tax sindicator for three out of the five projects that we voted on, not to mention probably some of the other projects in the past shes voted on, since 2013, since shes worked there. On monday. Des Moines City Council voted to extend the deadline for developers to qualify for the abatement. That saved two main developers. Who were banking on an extension. Councilwoman Christine Hensley was one of the ones who voted yes. But councilman joe gatto says thats because shes employed by a firm that works with developers. Hensley says its not an issue. 18 06 3649 i have a legal opinion from our city legal, indicating i do not have a conflict of interest and again, remember were voting on an amendment to the urban revitalization plan, we are not voting
Sabrina the third thing you need to know before you walk out the door. Sabrina an iowa high schooler collapsed during a championship match saturdary, and later died in the hospital. The Spencer Community in mourning following the sudden death of austin roberts. Grief counselors were on hand sunday at the school, as students and family remembered the teen. Theres still no word on what caused roberts to collapse. Sabrina number four. Sabrina a popular gift this christmas will be drones, and those planning to fly them will need to register with the us government. Starting today new faa guidelines go into effect regarding the use and piloting of drones. The flying machines have become a headache for law enforcement. All drones will be given a tracking number that will help the faa keep tabs in a database. Sabrina and finally in the top five. Sabrina from questions about a recent data breach. To the hot topic of National Security. The candidates for the democratic president ial nomination f
Into monday. Next week is going to start off mid 40s, but by the end winterlike feel should return as lows looks pretty limited forecast. Local 5 news at 10 in iowa stephanie good evening. Im stephanie angleson. Jack and im jack miller. Tonight the hawks and the cyclones sqaure off on the court. The iowa corn cyhawk series continued tonight in Hilton Coliseum with mens basketball. Stephanie weve got highlights coming up later in sports, but before the big game we asked fans in the metro who they thought would come out on top tonight. I think iowa state is going to pull it out but i think theyll keep letting iowa back into the game its going to be close at the end definatlly the hawkeyes theyre underrated theyve this season i think they can take them iowa state is going to win they have a really good team they have niang theyre gonna dominate so far the games going well iowas shooting making some mistakes play more as a team probably to beat iowa jack so far this year, the hawks lead th
In with jon at 6 for a full look at plan to duke it out on the court tonight. Camped out for waiting for a chance to cheer team this week. Students standing out in the cold got special Visitors Police officers with donuts officers took two rounds of Dunkin Donuts to students in line. Take fs again, tip off is at 6 30 at hilton coliseum. The game will be broadcast on e spn two. You can follow our local 5 live tweets as the game is happening. Stephanie now turning to washington. A transformative Education Bill passed through the senate and made it to the president s desk today. President obama signed the every Student Succeeds act that overhauls the no child left behind education law under the bush administration. The measure puts more control back in to the states, the heavy focus on testing. Stephanie political corresondent amanda krenz talked with one of the States Education leaders about the new law. Shes here now with our big story. Amanda . Amanda many would say there were good int
Nikole to a birther battle. Mr cruz on the issue of citizenship, donald, i am not going to use your mothers birth against you. Mr. Trump ok, good. Because it wouldnt work. If you become the nominee, who the hell knows if you can serve in office. Nikole the top two candidates came out swinging in a debate on the fox business network. Mr. Rubio i hate to interrupt this episode of court tv. Nikole while those vying for the establishment vote pulled their own punches. Mr. Rubio i like Chris Christie but we cannot afford to have a , president of the United States that supports common core. [applause] mr. Rubio we cannot afford to have a president of the United States that supports gun control. Mr. Christie i like marco, too, and two years ago, he called me a conservative reformer that new jersey needed. That was before he was running against me. Nikole one point all the candidates could agree on, doing away with most of president obamas policies and taking out Hillary Clinton this fall. In