Plus. Former Iowa Governor chet culver hasnt given up his fight against iowas medicaid changes. Stay tuned to find out why hes concerned. And. The latest on the controversial transgender bathroom bill in south dakota. Whats next . These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thank you for starting your day with us. Im lukas voss. After almost 2 decades without a pay bump, the mayor of sioux city and Council Members are set to get a 50 percent raise. It may seem like a big boost. But many inside city hall say. Its probably time. When comparing the City Councils wages to thier county counterparts, theres a big gap. Woodbury county supervisors earning over 32 thousand dollars a year with their chair netting just under 40grand. But does it justify the City Councils pay increase . Abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva has more the mayor of sioux city and Council Members may soon be getting a much needed raise. Its been about 18 1 2 years by the time that the wag
The event. Prprented by the smithsonian and hosted by president barack obama. Celebrated the iconic music man from georgia. The celebration is the 16th and final music Tribute Program to take place at the white house during the obama administration. The president took the podium to speak about the performer. president obama no font needed tonights a little bitter sweet because this marks our final in performance at the white house. I will not be singing, but for our last one it is fitting that we pay tribute to one of our favorites and one of the most brilliant and influential musicians of our times, the late, great genius himself, mr. Ray charles. The program included performances by usher, leon bridges, anthony smollett, the band perry and a host of other singers. The smithsonian salutes ray charles in performance at the white house will air this friday at 8 pm central time. On pbs stations across the country lukas theres a new line of Action Figures. And its all about girl power. Li
Celine dions tririumphant return, the superstar singer proving her heart willl go on tang theoliseum stage in las vegas for the First Time Since her beloved husband passed away. Her powerful tribute this morning. Oh that s wonderful to see celine back on the sta last night. Gd morning, america. Two big stories to get to, the big win for donald trump and those severe storms, sam, overnight. At least threedead, 27 tornadoes in 5 g gulf coasstates and wellhow y y where theyre going today. First the racee for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and the biggest win yet for donald trump. Morehan 20point victoryn nevada last night. Trump has won in the east, the south and now the west and join us live in a moment. Nnerup marco rubio hereoo but first the latest from nevada vegas, gooood morning, tom. Reporter good mning. [ audio problems [ [ can. Reporter last nigh he won by such a large margin he was in the victory stage hours before they could figure out second and third. Tha you. Rep
Going today. First the race for the white house. Its your voice, your vote and the biggest win yet for donald trump. More than 20point victory in nevada last night. Trump has won in the east, the south and now the west and join us live in a moment. Runnerup marco rubio here too but first the latest from nevada from abcs tom llamas in las vegas, good morning, tom. Reporter good morning. In vegas they say the trend is your friend. Right now the trend is favoring donald trump 33 in the primary calender and winning big last night. More than 40 of caucusgoers chose trump. He won by a huge margin that he was already on the victory stage hours before they could figure out second or third place. Thank you. Reporter this morning, donald trump winning the nevada caucuses and heading into super tuesday with real momentum. We won the evangelicals. We won with young. We won with highly educated. We won with poorly educated. I love the poorly educated. Supporters late into the night. Grab, grab, gra
Cbs 2 news is tracking the latest details on cedar rapids first homicide of 2016. 16. And there are still alot of Unanswered Questions right now. Now. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson joins us live from the scene scenestephanie . Stephanie . Right now police are still conducting interviews and are not releasing any possible leads into the investigation. But police say the shooting that happened in the complex behind me was not a random act. Act. On tuesday night 25 year old Joseph Perkins was killed at the cedar valley townhouses perkins actually lived in chicago. The other person shot on tuesday was hit in the leg but did survive. Police have not released his name. There has been an increase in violence. Cedar Rapids Police chief wayne jerman says the solution to this problems, needs to come from the enitre community. Gun violence is a symptom of other issues that are creating it and so the Police Department needs to work with the rest of the community to address this problem. Pr