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Drama lets addresss the elephant not in the room tonight. Highlights from the final gop debate in iowa, without the gop front runner. Runner. Shots ring out in a cedar rapids neighborhood. What police are saying tonight about the latest cedar rads shooting. Shooting. Preparing for the zika virus. Using mosquito precautions is going to be extremely mportant. What experts want you to know about the risk now and in the future. Future. And preparing for the later years. I think maybe i was surprised...

Temperatures will continue to warm up the next few days. Today highs were well above freezing across eastern iowa with a few clouds. Clouds will stick around tonight and well have some clearing. Temperatures will fall tonight to near 20. 20. Tonight, republican candidates take the stage for their final debate before the caucus. Cbs 2 News Reporter kevin barry is live in des moines some veterans groups are actually pushing back against Donald Trumps veterans fundraising event tonight. Theyre cond...

I want to work with democrats and republicans. My favorite president was the first republican president. This is not a statement about partisanship. This is a statement about america and what we are fighting for. Im not going to let gridlock and inaction and willful indifference and greed threaten the hard work of families like yours. We cant afford to wait for congress. I am moving ahead without them wherever i can. [applause] thats why i required federal contractors to pay 10. 10 an hour. That...

But what they cant do is try to talk the woman out of the abortion. Its a counseling case, not a not a protest case. It your honor, i would say its a congestion case. Certainly, ms. Mccullen and others can have those conversations right in front of the abortion facility. Its just that those conversations are moved back a few feet. And in point of fact, ms. Mccullen well, its more than a few feet. You know, 35 feet is a ways. Its from this bench to the end of the court. And if you imagine the chi...

Learned with Recreational Marijuana sales, giving a series of passes as well. Onst yes, the tax rate Recreational Marijuana in colorado was more than 30 . Certain cities have different tax rates, but marijuana sold in denver can be taxed upwards of 35 . Contrast that to medical marijuana, which only has the state sales tax thats less than three percent. So the price of Recreational Marijuana versus medical is substantially different, mostly because of the tax rate. Is substantially different, mo...

You can make your thoughts known on our social media pages. We had about 400 respondents so far. You can make your thoughts known there. Us atn always email journal cspan. Org. You, many have laws in place to deal with marijuana for medicinal use. It was colorado and Washington State through the amendment process that allowed for the sale of marijuana for Recreational Use. Other states are looking at that as well across the United States. Experience. An polling on a look at this topic, if you lo...

There is some things are complicated. This is not one of them. Lets make sure every for old america has access to highquality preschool. So that moms like rebecca know their kids are getting the best quality care and getting a head start on life. Lets redesign our high schools to make sure their kids are better prepared for the 21st century economy. Lets follow the lead of senator franken. [applause] lets tell every american that lost a job because it was shipped overseas, we will train you for ...

I think that the growth can be exponential. We see some months where it goes up by 15 or 20 in sales. April is a big month because there was a big 4 20 smoke out. On april 20, every year, people come and smoke marijuana in public. It is a huge sales day. It is like christmas for marijuana. The lines outside are huge. April may have been a spike. There are four months of tax data in this program. We cannot draw a trend we know that every month it is getting bigger. Host as far as public smoking, ...

Whether they’re produced by Coloradans or focus on western issues, these audio delights are required listening.

Ten years ago Colorado became the first state to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use.