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
Started as an outside candidate. The front runner is as confident as ever, and says opponents such as marco rubio could be in for a rought night. Scott mclean joins us now from the iversity of houston. Just a few precious days before super tuesday. The epicenter of the republican nomination race tonight will be texas. Thths where the five gop hopefuls left in the race will meet for a debate in houston. The big question now can anyone stop donald trump . The front runner says hell be ready thursday night. Well be totally prepared, people have not done very well against me so far everyone who has attacked me has gone down. Marco rubio has been attacking trump something that wont likely stop on the debate stage actually allud to obamacare are pretty good boo then theres ted cruz who has faced tough questions after failing to consolidate evangelical support in nevada and especially in south carolina. The texas senator thinks hes being treated unfairly. Im curious how many reporters ask mar
Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. Im lukas voss all eyes are on New Hampshire, ahead of tomorrows first in the nation primary. We begin with the democrats bill clinton taking aim at Bernie Sanders whos leading Hillary Clinton by a large margin there. Abcs cecilia vega has the latest in manchester overnight bill clinton taking on a new role in his wifes bid for the white house campan attack dog for her this is not about grand theories of revolution this is about whether we can improve peoples lives. The former president unleashing on his wifes rival . Accusing some Bernie Sanders supporters of making offensive comments online to female clinton backers. Vicious trolling and attacks that are literally too profane often, not to mention sexist to repeat. Sanders now denouncing the nastiness . Saying it has nothing to do with his campaign. Its disgusting. Look, crap. We can and we will do everything we can, and i think we have tried. With Hillary Clinton trailing ithe
Youll hear from them. Up ahead. And. Changes to iowas medicaid system are less than a month away. Well bring you all the details from des moines. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. It was an emotional scene at the woobury county court house yesterday. As two sioux city teens were sentenced for staging a bank robbery last year crying. I love you 18 year old Angelica Perez and 19 year old heaven zevenbergen were sentenced to 5 years in prison for staging a robbery at the Security National bank located inside the hamilton boulavard hyvee store. Where zenvenbergen worked as a teller. During the robbery perez went up to zevenbergens window and demanded cash. Zevenbergen then pretended to faint to buy some get away. Both were eventually caught and pleaded guilty to 2nd degree theft in connection to the crime. A representative of the bank is saying the incident had a Lasting Impact within one week the bank lost two e
Abcs jon karl is there in clemson, and brings us more. The republican candidates bringing their fight for the gop nomination to the south this morning . Rallying supporters overnight, donald trump said a South Carolina win could clear his path to the republican nomination. Sot trump you vote for trump, we win here, were going to run the table. If we win here after winning so big in new hampshire, all of these characters are going to give it up. Trump once again trained his fire on jeb bush, whos hoping a strong South Carolina showing can save his campaign. Sot trump you have a guy like bush who has this big fund boo . Its terrible, ill be honest the last thing we need is another bush. That i cacatell you, that i can n ll you. cheers . And while ted cruz, winner of the iowa caucus, couldnt repeat that performance in new hampshire, he says he wont be deterred by trumps victory . Sot cruz one of the most important conclusions coming out of these first two states is that the only candidate