Budget is finally set is state senator Rick Bertrand who represents sioux city. With us. Thanks for having me back. Good to be home. I s suppose back on the road ba and forth. Bacac on thehe road. Enof the condnd week. The family is starting to get acclimated were getting a rhythmhm. Lets talk about the numbers there. I mentioned the budget thats where we want to start this morning. Estimates continue to be less than was projected whenn t budget was put together. The Agriculture Community obviously is part of that. First thing on the budget is it is going to be a tight budgett year, but nothing that is happening this year is really not predictable. There was a five yearr plan put out there by the governor, the last three years as you know tim we have r rlly put some big things inlace with commercial property tax reform. The Medicaid Expansion and education reform. The one thing we didnt foresee at the end of the daye got to realize that agriculture still drives the state budget. And ag
A pregnancy discrimination case against ups. The suit involves a former driver who said she was told to take unpaid leave because she couldnt lift heavy packages. Delia goncalves is live at the Supreme Court with details. Delia, when is this case actually going to be heard today . Reporter the court will resume at 10 00 this morning and thats when they will hear the case. This case certainly has implications across the country and every employer no doubt is saying paying close attention. This decision could decide whether or not employers have to offer special accommodations to pregnant employees. Now, this all started with a woman who lives in lorton, virginia. Her name is peggy young. Shes 42 years old and she says when she was pregnant in 2006, ups discriminated against her because she was unable to carry packages more than 20 pounds. You see, she was a driver and drivers were expected to lift packages up to 70 pounds. She says instead of offering her lie duty, the Company Refused t
Lot bright tore day and it might be within of the brightest days we will find all week long. We will look out and we will find 35 degrees right now at reading. The it is dark, but at least it is dry today. Do not expect any precipitation. You can see it has moved away. It moved away west to east. Clouds are following. There are still clouds out there and a you can find them from the western suburbs but they are moving out too so expect a bright day and they are being pushed out by strong wind. We have 38 degrees, right now in philadelphia a. Thirtysix in trenton. 36 degrees in wilmington. Below freezing, 27 degrees in the poconos, and 39 in wildwood. Wind gusts are gusting, 25 miles an hour in philadelphia, we have 33 miles an hour gusts in the poconos and 28 miles an hour win gust in wilmington and dover. So with that said our temperatures should be getting in the middle 40s today. We will be feeling colder because of have that wind but it will be bright, and nice out there, but lets
Inside to occupy the 2 00 p. M. Supervisors meeting and that is what happened. When the board president announced the meeting would be adjourned until further notice the protesters stayed for a while and descended the steps to the central rotunda. Marchers from a rally that began in the mission, got to city hall and demonstrators took over the entrance standing on the security desks and raising the roof with whistles bull horns and chanting. Sheriffs deputies locked the front doors to city hall to keep more people from coming in. And at 2 30 the protest groups con verged on the first floors keeping them from joining up. Outside a woman told me that her family has been forced to move out of the city where she grew up. All my friends are doing the same. Having to move out of the city. Another woman wanted to be here because her son was shot and killed by San Francisco police in 2001 and last year she lost her home to foreclosure. My son is dead. My home is gone. All i got left is my soul
Its wednesday, february 13. I am cynne simpson. I am scott thuman. Great to have you along. Some of us could see little snow later today. Lets get to meteorologist jacqui jeras. I think we will see that later this evening, but i dont think it will accumulate, at least not in the metro. There are clouds beginning to move in. The kids will not need the umbrella at the bus stop this morning, but you will need it by the time you come home. Dress appropriately. 36 degrees this morning in d. C. , 39 degrees in culpeper, 34 at dulles. Highs in the 40s today. We could see a few sprinkles this morning cloudy and 40 degrees at 9 00. Most of bahrain slowing in the afternoon. We expect admirain slowing in the afternoon a mixed precipitation this afternoon at 5 00. Anything that falls will be melting on the road. A more detailed forecast coming up shortly. Time for traffic. A good start, hopefully, jamee. Thank you for the warning. Woodrow wilson bridge had a crash just a few moments ago. It did no