clouds in as well as the warmth tomorrow. i will let you know when the next frigid drop is coming and when the warm-up is coming too. laura: the iowa caucus, and the world-wide attention, is now just a few weeks away, but the political focus for iowans this week lies closer to home. kcci s grace provenzano tells us what s on tap in the state legislature. grace: laura, it s a new year and a new session, but there are old issues hanging in the balance, like education. several iowa lawmakers made stops at the capitol sunday afternoon as they prepare to gavel in tomorrow morning. senator liz mathis says k through 12 public education funding will be topping their list of priorities. last year s session went long over the issue of education, as lawmakers couldn t come to an agreement. that ended with a $55.7 million budget compromise. but governor terry branstad later vetoed that measure in early july, to the disappointment of lawmakers and state. senator mathis says in addition to
Prosecutors had asked State Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Maxwell Barnes to sentence Michael A. Atkinson to the maximum of 15 years in prison for his conviction last September on a
It was an intense and emotional Friday morning inside Erie County Court as a judge sentenced three men in connection to murders in the Town of Tonawanda and Buffalo.
Ernest B. Green, Jr., 41, and Daniel Rodriguez, 41, both of Buffalo were sentenced to prison for murdering Danielle Cretacci and shooting her children.