Lifesaving medicine more affordable. The battle that could be coming soon for smokers in Johnson County. In the education level for state employees. Welcome to cbs 2 this morning. This is i83 where it crosses i 65. It is dark at 6 00 but the sun is poking up over the horizon and there are no problems to report so far on this Tuesday Morning. Welcome to cbs 2 this morning. I am kevin barry. I am there are lighter showers moving through the forecast, but we will keep an eye on the sky for possibility of heavier showers as the humidity continues to build. Lets look at the numbers. 74 at 10 to gert a 10 00 this morning. The super whopper 3d doppler shows a little bit of moisture just off to the east by the toward muscatine county. Here in cedar rapids, we are cloudy and muggy and we have had rain, but we are drying out. It is 69 right now. Visibility is 2 miles at decorah. Dubuque to monticello, a little fog. Sarah be a check city and 68 at monticello and 71 and iowa city. The wind is out
After intense pressure from the public and lawmakers, the drug Company Mylan has now caved on the cost of the epipen. Epipen. The life saving shot will now also come in a generic brand. Brand. The cost of emergency shot during an allergic reaction has ballooned in recent years its right now more than 6 hundred dollars. The announcement means a generic version would cost about half as much as the current price. While the Company Works on that, some First Responders say theyve managed to find an even cheaper solution. All our emts to draw their own medications. The cost savings has bled over to our patients, and also to our depar department. Other companies are also looking for new technologies to compete against the epipen shot in the open market. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is among the lawmakers pushing for the chang. Change. In a statement, senator grassley said quote this sounds like good news but the details are important to know. Grassley says he will continue to work with the foo
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Some scattered thundershowers not out of the question. Well talk about whats ahead for the rest of the week in that forecast coming up in about 10 minutes time. One person hit by a train this morning. Cbs 2 News Reporter Stephanie Johnson is live right now with the latest on the investigation. Reporter Train Service has resumed now but earlier today people from the Train Company as well as the Sheriffs Department were out incident. The incident took place around 8 00 a. M. This morning just west. The train involved was a Union Pacific train. The pacific spokesperson tells us it was carrying goods from chicago and heading to portland. Train service has resumed. The sheriff in this county does not know why the person was on the tracks or how they got on the tracks for that. We will have that information Stephanie Johnson, cbs 2 news. New at noon, one person now recovering after a crash this morning in cedar rapids. Police tell cbs 2 news, a 19yearold woman ran a red light on sixth street
Have been started at this house in october, november and now this month. No one has lived there since october. Also back in october, investigators from the American Association of University Professors visited iowa city to investigate the integrity of the board of regents decision to hire uofi president bruce harreld. Harreld himself told the aaup their report on the investigationreleased today is accurate from his persepective, but the regents continue to defend their process. Cbs 2 News Reporter Marissa Scott breaks down the report. Report. The aaup report shows harreld was one of the frontrunners through the entire process. They couldnt pinpoint if the board of regents picked him from the beginning, but the report shows the board allowed other qualified canidates to think they would be appointed president. Investigators say they found this particular search different than previous president ial searchs at the university. They were looking for a specific kind of pern, somebody who co