Amendment saying theres not a right to abortion and to give convicted felons the right to vote. [applause] thank you, thank you. Thank you. [applause] mister president , mister speaker, Lieutenant Governor, legislative leaders, senators and representatives, justices and judges, elected officials, distinguished guests, family, friends, and my fellow iowans, please be seated. [laughter] each time i enter this spectacular building im reminded of the generation of iowans who have come before us. And each time i walk into this Historic Chamber i am humbled by the responsibility of following in the footsteps of some amazing leaders and outstanding public servants. We lost a number of those leaders last year. Most notable for us today is chief justice mark katie whose absence is felt right there in the front row. He loved his state and he loved the law and to his family and colleagues in the Iowa Judicial Branch our entire state shares your loss. [applause] we also bid farewell to former Lieu
Linn county investigators arent finished looking at the cause of this crash. But one thing is already clear. This springville bus driver followed state law in stopping on the highway to let a student off. When the stop arm goes down,drivers need to stop and wait. But springvilles superintendent says even though the district followed all the rules hes still going to review everything to see if theres a better, safer way. Obviously it is a concern, its been there for awhile weve had a lot of weve had a lot of stop arm violations with the ambers going so lots of concerns there and this is a good time to look at this hocking says the problem w the highway itself is that presents new safety risks. Pulling into a driveway usually wont work because the bus would then have to back out into highspeed traffic. And simply pulling off the road onto the shoulder to let a student out could be dangerous too. You pull off on the shoulder and discharge the student now all of a sudden. Theres traffic co
Temperatures into the 30s. In fact, theres very little chance of seeing sun through the next week. Our next area of low pressure arrives this weekend with sunday still being the day to watch for some snow, primarily in the morning. Slick roads are possible sunday morning with this first minor accumulation of the season. Moving into next week, the monstrously overhypedsocialmedia induced storm will primarily just drop temperatures and increase wind speeds for the second half of next week. No record cold. No record snow. While snow will probably accompany the frontal passage, determining the minor amounts will be the primary focus next week. Enjoy your weekend todaycloudy. Wind 1 tennessee continue to comb through burned down buildings this morning. Officials now confirm 11 people have died in the wildfire. Dianne gallagher has more. Its been several days since fires burning in the Great Smoky Mountains in eastern tennessee engulfed towns in sevier county, butthe number of li increase. O
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It was really nice. It was really great. He listened. He was very attentive, and i appreciate him taking the time. He really made me feel like it was on a oneto only at the czech and Slovak Museum as the former president discussed gun control, renewable energy, Affordable Health care, and even eduation saying, Hillary Clinton is the best person for the job. I do not believe in my lifetime, we have had a president who was more prepared, ot only by experience, but temperment, to step into this incredbile mix of according to president clinton his wife is responsible for improving education in arkansas and south carolina. Weve got you covered live in the newsroom Macleod Hageman kwwl news. On the republican side, senator ted cruz was in humboldt for a town hall meeting. Cruz busted out another impersonation this time of president john f. Kennedy. Cruz also brought up how president kennedy would be thrown out of tooays Democratic Party because of his beliefs. sen. Ted cruz r president ial c