Mortimer. Theres absolutely no doubt where her commitment to the struggle and liberation of people were. I said, harper lee is a great novelist. Dont know where she stood on race relationships. I dont. Thats it. Thank you all so much for coming. That panel on harper lee was from the first annual mississippi book fair, held at the State Capitol in jackson. And by the way, go set a watchman, harper lees sobel novel, has sold about 1. 5 million copies since it was published in july. Up next, an Economics Panel from the harlem book fair in july. Thank you max rodriguez. Im rich from columbia university. An absolute pleasure to be here to introduce the panel that will launch the harlem book fairs author panel, broadcast on cspan, booktv. The panel is particularly timely given the crisis some staggering numbers about wealth inequality and should be a national crisis, this panel is calls wealth and finance in post civil rights area. I witness well moderateled by damon phillips, the codirector
One person is dead and two others are hurt this morning from a shooting on a Tennessee College campus. It happened at Tennessee State university in nashville, where Police Say Two men may have been gambling. They say the person who died was not a student. Authorities have not said if they found the shooter. Just over a week ago, three people were hurt in a shooting across the street from the same college. Dubuque wants to make the city safer. So far this year, police say theyve taken nearly 30 reports of gunfire. So a Nonprofit Organization looked for help from someone across the pond. The group invited an officer who works in the scottish Violence Reduction unit to talk about making the city safer. The Scottish Government says last year, it recorded its lowest level of crime in 40 years. Many credit the low rate to some of the toughest gun control laws in the world. It includes filling out extensive paperwork. And proving to police that the potential gun owner isnt a danger to society
If you drive down the street and you see weeds, tall grass or trash. Same something. Right now, Alliant Energy is hosting a lighting event at lowes here in dubuque. Employees are helping of lighting would be the best for their thats going on until 6pm. Youll find out more information about the rebates with this story on kcrg dot com. Live in dubuque, Katie Wiedemann kcrg tv9 news. Kirkwood Community College issued an alert to its students and staff today regarding a shots fired call. Police responded to 6811 College Park Court southwest around 10 30 this morning. That complex is the reserve on 66th, formerly known as the College Park Apartments located near the college. No one was hurt, but people who live in the area say someone fired shots into a door and tried to kick it down. In the alert, kirkwood said there was no threat to campus. Turning now to the forecast, with joe live in decorah. Hes there for the final night of regular Season High School football for the vikings game again
Plan on a pretty wet day all across the area. Showers will move in by midmorning and be scattered about the area for most of the day. Our daytime highs will likely be hit in the evening hours, with a few thunderstorms also possible at that time. Overall rainfall amounts with this system will generally be in the quarter to half inch range. Plan on a quiet weekend with clearing sky on saturday, and mostly sunny sky on sunday. Next week, well be watching another system in the tuesdaywednesday weekend if theyre renting an apartment to someone with a criminal past. The city council is considering eliminating a if theyre renting an apartment to someone past. The city council is considering eliminating a portion of rental applications where youre required to disclose criminal convictions. Based on that information a landlord can then decide not to rent to them. Landlords of black hawk wants to protect the inexperienced landlords who dont know the rules. And preform a background check. Waterlo
Waterloo landlords want to know if theyre renting an apartment to someone with a criminal past. The city council is considering eliminating a portion of rental applications where youre required to disclose criminal convictions. Based on that information a landlord can then decide not to rent to them. Landlords of black hawk wants to protect the inexperienced landlords who dont know the rules. And they say some may not be able to preform a Human Rights Commission says its only hurting those who want to start a new life. By accepting somebody without doing their background check or asking that question you may inadvertently put a pedophile, a someone convicted of repeated issues of violence, next to someone you love, and nobody wants that. The idea is that when you go in for an application if the box is removed you dont signal to the employer or the landlord that you have a record and so youre treated as a human being. The city council will hold an open work session on this issue on mond