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Would get another 1 dollar boost each year until the wage reaches 10. 25 an hour in january 2019. Tonight, lee county supervisors, in the southeasternmost tip of iowa, will consider raising the minimum wage. Theyre planning to talk about a request from a group that wants the minimum wage upped. Johnson county was the first in iowa to increase its minimum wage. In may, the minimum wage increased to 9. 15 cents an hour. On january first, it will top out of the wage increase. In total, 5 iowa count...

Morning to roqui. Good morning, roberta. Speaking of that fog, we have a fog advisory along the Golden Gate Bridge this morning since midnight to 582 the Golden Gate Bridge, 15 minutes. You will be driving slower. So consider a little more time there. And then lets take a look at 880 in both directions between Alvarado Niles road and mission boulevard. Two lanes closed here. We have been dealing with this roadwork for a couple of weeks now. Northbound 880 between highway 237 and Dixon Landing ro...

Catch and release, building the wall and having mexico pay for it. The media hated the mexico trip in the arizona speech as well. A circus as the Washington Post xenophobic, same old tripe, the lining of a cows stomach. The duplicity of donald trump just political gymnastics. And hillary stayed home and she treated diplomacy isnt as easy as it looks. Now look at this. The new fox poll. More goodness for trump in a fourway split is now statistically tied headtohead with just hillary. Hes narrowed...

Meteorologist britley ritz has your first alert forecast. Britley, hows the weather the weather outside is just perfect. Again today, we will watch just a few clouds and plenty of sunshine take over eastern iowa. High temperatures will top out in the middle to upper 70s and well keep an easterly wind around to help keep the air dry. I hope you can at least step outside once today to enjoy this fresh air. This evening will once again be cool. Low temperatures will drop into the low 50s. However, ...

Plan on a great day lots of sunshine, a light north wind, and low humidity will make for perfect conditions to start meteorologic al fall. The average high this time of year is around 79 so this is actually rather typical. Tropical storm hermine will continue to block the weather pattern through the weekend with our next chance of storms arriving around labor day. At that time, warm temperatures and higher humidity will also be in the area. Have a good one today mostly sunny, spectacular. Wind n...

To rescue americans being held by isis. Pentagon officials saying forces stormed a terrorist compound only to find the host aemgs werent there. Were going to have a live report from our nbc colleagues covering this in just a bit. Carl icahn is at it again. The activist investors revealing a nearly 89 stake in hertz, the rental car company. Icahn says he will pressure the company over pricing issues and operational failure and he may even seek a board seat. Shares of hertz plummeted over the last...

Idaho hedge their risks in their farming and ranching opportunities in the same way by trying to make sure that they have protected the price of certain commodities that they need to utilize in the conduct of theirins. By making sure they have protected certain commodities. Derivatives have historically been used by businesses. And everything and between to manage the risk of their businesses. Endusers trading derivatives to hedge business and economic risk and it is important to understand. Ove...

Having this archaic policy that wouldnt allow cuba to join the hemispheric unity. Now that we will i think when he goes to this conference, next summit in panama, hell be welcomed. Because now well be able to unify this entire hemisphere. You may think its a small island but the significance of being able to bring in 11 Million People and make them like the rest of the people in this hemisphere, when you think about it, as we go out and compete against the world we have every type of agriculture...

Opportunities to try to, you know, position this certain ways as to who its for and so forth. But if you ask the American People, by a margin of 21 consistently over years, theyve said they want it. And last i checked, thats who we work for. And as far as a turning point, im listening to some of these arguments, and theyve got to be music to opecs ears. Some of these arguments are going to guarantee that we continue to import oil from the middle east. And im pretty sure thats not what americans ...

But today was different. And historic. It took just a twopoint gain for the s p 500 index to cross and close above the 2000 level. Its 30th record so far this year. There was some euphoria about the dow, as well. The blue chip average hit a record high of 17,153 in intraday trading but pull back by the close. Some good Economic News helped fueled todays gains. Consumer confidence climbed to its highest level since 2007. Also driving stocks, an unusually high number for big ticket orders called d...