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right now making history tonight. philadelphia has become the first major city in the country to pass attacks on sugary and diet drinks that. vote late this afternoon ended months of heated debate. good evening, i m lucy noland. i m iain page. city lawmakers passed the 1.5 cents ounce tax by a vost 13 13-four. mayor jim kenney intends to use the millions raised for philadelphia s pre k initiative, rec centers, other programs and the controversial decision to kick money into the general fu fund. of course mayor kenney quiet pleased but not everyone is happy. certainly a long road to get here, but this is the beginning of the process of changing the narrative of poverty in our ci city. we re all disappoint, because it creates attacks against the poor people of philadelphia. mayor kenney says he plans to sign the legislation monday. the tax kicks in at the beginning of next year. fox 29 s shawnette wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax an ....
beginning of next year. fox 29 s shawnette wilson spoke to one group supposed to benefit from the tax and joins us live at city hall tonight. shawnette? reporter: volunteers at one rec center say they have mixed concerns about this soda tax that is supposed to funnel money their way as well. they are concerned that they won t get as much money as they first thought despite the fact that they say they ve been operating for quite sometime with hardly any help from the city. we think right now, they don t wanted to nothing for us. reporter: keeping coleman says the condition of west mill creek rec center in west philly is the same as when our cameras were there more than two months ago. nothing is really changed except for the fact that we know we going to have to pay more when we go to the corner store to buy beverage. reporter: he says the new tax on sugary drinks promises for community including city run neighborhood rec centers such as this one but he s not ....
are iowa s most your forecast first. james: weather adlib: tonight we are going to be cold and calm with a low in the low teens. saturday we are looking at some early sunshine, then partly to mostly cloudy skies with a high in the lower 30s. sunday still looks very nice with highs in the mid to upper 30s with overcast skies. local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. we are iowa julia monat, iowa state senior: i yelled fire and they all ran. the four other people in my tent all started running and freaking out. stephanie: students camping out for the hottest seats in hilton awoke to a big suprise this morning after some of their tents caught fire. stephanie/2shot good evening. i m stephanie angleson. jack/2shot and i m jack miller. those students are camping out for a shot at the best seats for the upcoming iowa state basketball game against kansas on monday. a towel inside one of the tents caught fire, damaging three tents and causing chaos around the arena. but stud ....
A man was arrested after allegedly making threats toward staff at Grant Wood Elementary with a gun holstered or concealed at his hip on Wednesday. ....