The lawmakers weve spoken with so far all seem to agree that coming to an agreement on how to fund k12 education early in the session representative ken rizer told us yesterday that how the agreement and how quickly they do it will set the tone for the rest of the session. Right behind education, managed medicaid system. We spoke with senator liz resources committee. She says lawmakers will be working on an oversight bill that will insure the companies that would handle the new system arent taking advantage of iowans. There are a number of other issues on the table making texting while driving a primary offense instead of a secondary offense, making improvements to iowas Water Quality, and finding ways to better help Small Businesses and upstarts get on their feet. Lawmakers say theyre optimistic they can get that all done before their deadline this year, but also last years session. In des moines, brady smith kcrg tv 9 news. If you think its cold out today, just wait until tomorrow. M
The weekend starts off with a slight chance for snow. And colder temperatures. Much colder air returns sunday through the start of next week. Three weeks from today. Iowans will cast the first season that could end with our first woman elected president of the united states. This morning at the iowa statehouse a different Glass Ceiling was shattered. Nats of wooden mallet hitting wooden plate for the first time a session of the Iowa Legislature was gaveled in by a madam speaker. Speaker of the house Linda Upmeyer this morning. She replaces the retired kraig paulsen. And steps up to a seat once filled by her father. After recognizing the significance of the day, upmeyer got down to business in her opening address. She touched on one of the education spending. 112135112212 in each of the last five years, we have found a way to increase funding for schools. We will increase funding for schools again this year. However, we should recognize that the needs of our schools and students extend
Tomorrow with partly sunny skies and a gentle west wind. Thursday looks amazing with plenty of sunlight and high temps back in the mid 40s enjoy every second of that warmth because starting friday temperatures will be steadily and slowly falling into a very cold weekend with some snow showers possible early on sunday. Elias lets get into the top five this morning. Elias president barack obama will deliver his final state of the Union Address later today. Aimed largely at Unfinished Business from his past seven years. Look for the address to begin at eight this evening, with the republican response to follow, which will be given by South Carolina governor nikki news at ten will have a wrap up of the state of the Union Tonight. Elias in the number two spot this morning. Elias here in iowa, Governor Terry branstad will deliver his 2016 condition of the state address later this morning. The speech will be given before the Iowa Legislature at ten am. Governor branstad is expected to further
Said its not only about the Legislature Making much funding, but fashion. Branstad 13 19 i hope the legislature will make an early decision on state aid and not spend the whole session fighting over it. And lawmakers agree, schools districts want to know as soon as possible how much money they have to work with. Kaufmann 18 56 i think getting Education Funding done earlyis the key to this session. Amanda tag 31 54 even though an exact number or percentage has not been decided and wont be for a little while, there is agreement among these lawmakers they cannot wait until the end of the sssion to make a decision on Education Funding. From the statehouse, amanda krenz, local 5 news, we are iowa. Stephanie ots it was a historic day for the state as the first female was sworn in as speaker of the iowa house of represenaitives. Stephanie clear lakes Linda Upmeyer will be the first female to hold the position. The republican upmeyer replaces Kraig Paulson who served since twentyeleven. Upmeye
Unique event that involved more than 171,000 iowans and their neighbors, at a specific time and place, and thus they cannot be recreated or recounted. The final vote monday night was 49point 8 for Hillary Clinton and 49point 6 for sanders. Stacey new at 5 nevada authorities are identifying a man found dead inside a home after a suspicious Early Morning fire. Police say 36yearold Adam William Blazek lived in the home with his spouse and child. They were not home when the fire broke out. A preliminary autopsy report shows blazek died from a self inflicted gunshot wound. The case remains under investigation. Stacey at least three people are dead after a four vehicle crash on highway 30. The iowa state patrol says 10 people were in a minivan when the driver lost control on the icy road. A second car hit the minivan, causing it to roll. Another car hit the minivan as it was rolling. Victim names havent been released. Stacey a family of eight is sickened by Carbon Monoxide at a home in newel