[applause] thank you. Kim reynolds became governor of iowa when the previous Governor Terry branstad resigned in may upon becoming ambassador to china. Governor reynolds delivered her first state of the state address last week. She talked about rewriting the state tax code, healthcare and education. From the state capital in des moines, this is 45 minutes. [applause] governor reynolds. [applause] thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Lieutenant governor, mr. President , madam speaker, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends, and my fellow iowans. It is an honor to be here today, as your 43rd governor and to deliver my first condition of the state address. [applause] what a country and state we live in, where a small town girl from rural iowa can become governor and have the opportunity to serve iowans at the highest level. I hope that can be an inspiration to every waitress, every grocery checker, every
Miller is live in cedar rapids tonight, with the Message Police are trying to send. You think youre safe just leaving your car in your driveway. It is your property. But the easiest way to become a victim is giving a criminal easy access. More than half of auto thefts this year have been because of keys left in the car. But if the car was broken into and not stolen something more dangerous was taken from it. It. This year, there have been 18 firearms two of them were, get this, ak 47s. Just three days ago, someone had a gun stolen from their car that was parked at their home. Two days ago someone had stolen from their car 2014, 2015, there were more 20 guns stolen this year were approaching that figure. It comes down to commonsense and not taking iowa nights too far. It certainly goes against again, a firearm is a Lethal Weapon it is by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen from vehicles, it is a deadly weapon. The moral of the st
Now, eastern iowa is avoiding all of this snow but unfortunately we are definitely not dodging the cold and the we begin with meteorologist Brandon Marshall with your weatherfirst developing developing right now in cedar rapids linn county attorney Jerry Vander Sanden has called for a grand jury to examine the evidence after an officer shot a suspect during a traffic stop. Stop. It is an unusual move in linn county as some question the actions of that Cedar Rapids Police officer on november first. Thats when investigators say officer lucas jones pulled over jeremie mitchell. Authorities say there was an jones then shot mitchell. The car with mitchell behind the wheel accelerated away from the scene. It then hit an unmarked squad car and other vehicles. Mitchell remains in the hospital and friends say he is paralyzed from the shooting. Shooting. In the days since, mitchells family and other Community Leaders have demanded more information from police. But, so far, the linn developed mor
Close on monday. What began as an inform tiff Facebook Page is helping to feed thousands impacted by the flood. We see the operation now. Reporter the burtram brown bag economy is a wonderful testament to how beautiful our community is. In less than a week this unplanned operation has fed 14,000 tonight. They have gotten lunches and dinners from volunteers. Take a look at this. So much food here and so many volunteers helping out with these lunches and dinners. All these meals are given to people displaced by the flood. People that live there are going to hotels and whats really impressive is all of this food isnt only donated but not necessarily sought manpower. They have had people come down from minnesota to help and they got an anonymous prime delivery. Just when we need something for some reason it appears. We ran out of bread the other day and within 15 minutes somebody pulled up with a palate. Actually 15 palates of bread. I wanted to show you whats in these meals that theyre ha
Live in cedar rapids, joy howe cbs 2 news. News. Thanks, joy. As the Streets Department is out taking care of our snowy roadad you m mht notice some changes to the snow plows. Plows. As cbs 2 news first told you last month, the dot is installing blue and white rearfacing lights to plows all across the state. E. Its part of a Pilot Program to make the trucks stand out and help avoid collisions. State lawmakers approved the program during the legislative session. The snow put a ccnk in the plans of those who were planning on going to the state football championship tonight in cedar rapids. State High School Athletic officials decided to postpone tonights game. They wanted to keep the thousands of fans and players safe by keeping them off the roads. Iowa city regina, mount vernon and cedar rapids kennedy will now play monday. If you had tickets to the game tonight, they will be honored monday. A live stream will be availble, but no tv broadcast. So you can keep up with the weather while y