Doesnt say anything that would mean were not going to accomplish those goals in the future. We expect for them to continue to meet performance standards and do even better. The state has a whole range of tools to fix issues, anything from a warning to a termination of an mcos contract. But what to do next, after todays hearing, depends on who you ask. Republicans are looking to stay the course. Democrats, longtime opponents of the change, may push for new legislation to the next session. Fs, kcrg tv nine news. Linn county supervisors will vote on a countywide increase in the minimum wage at a formal meeting wednesday. Its the first of three votes. It would boost the minimum wage a dollar each year for three years starting january first. That would take the minimum wage from 725 an hour now to 1025 by the year 2019. One question for county leaders i know there has not been a lot of feedback yet but i want to get this on an agenda and have a discussion and also have some comment at our c
Will see some downpours again, while others will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens thre, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s fromdne saturday. Today chance of storms. Artly sunny. Wind light. High 82 tonightstorms early, then rt oy. Wind 510. Low 62 tomorrow stly snand less humid. Wind ne 51 high 79 tom. Night clear and comfortab. Wind ne 1 ate lawmakers are movingforward providers comments state lawmakers are moving forward today with patients and providers comments about whats working and what isnt with privatized medicaid. The Health Policy Oversight Committee in april, iowa handed control of its multibillion dollar Medicaid Program to 3 private
Will see nothing. Once this front sinks to the south later tonight, rain chances are over until late sunday as a big, blocking ridge of High Pressure expands southward over the area. This is in response to a Tropical Storm that should move into florida later this week. There is still potential for this to become a hurricane as well. Regardless of what happens there, our weather should be great with highs mainly in the 70s from wednesday through saturday. Today chance storms. Nd lighthigh 82 tonight stor partly cudy. Wind nw 510. Low 62 tomorrow mostly sunny and less humid. Nd ne 515. High 79 tom. Nigh clear and comfortable. Wind ne 510. Low 56 thanks kaj. Will soon get 128yearold building before winter. The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a special meeting today to talk about giving the Company Access to the building. Last month, the council picked a proposal from hobart to turn the building into apartments and office space. Council members liked the idea of immediately stabilizing
35yearold man now faces charges after he took in two 16yearold girls so he could turn them into prostitutes. Police say they found two 16yearold girls as part of a shoplifting investigation, one of whom is missing from chicago. They arrested lawrence campbell, who now faces Human Trafficking charges and charges for using minors to commit crimes. Police say campbell contacted the girls in chicago and asked them to move to his waterloo home. Then, police say campbell arranged for them to have sex with people for money and to the web. State lawmakers today have a better idea on what working and whats not when it comes to iowas newly privatized medicaid system. However, the answer you get when you ask if its working depends on who you talk to. Republican lawmakers at a Health Policy Oversight Committee hearing yesterday said managed Care Organizations are meeting their benchmarks. They said the companies are working out payment issues, and the transition has saved the state millions of dol
Snow arrives later in the week in grade but it will be very, very chilly great already, the wind chill feels like 17 below. Currently in des moines, four below. Ames is 12 below zero. There is a wind chill advisory to the north, 2030 below later tonight. Brutally cold, in effect until 8 a. M. Saturday. Along and north of highway 30. Going to be cold across the north. Here is your planner for the evening hours. Early on, around four degrees that is in the metro. Colder to the north. Around 15 degrees. We see sunshine and early clouds increasing, with a wind chill at one. Saturday, teens on the way. Best chance for snow looks why did fix up on sunday, looks like light snow likely throughout the day, should end around 1 p. M. A high of 32 degrees. We have been futurecast, expecting snowfall totals, coming up. Stacey new at 10 00, the university of iowa is under fire tonight for alleged gender bias in the athletic department. Steve kccis Steffani Nolte is live in the newsroom to explain. S