Urging prospective employers to not ask job applicants whether they are convicted felons. Ey call the Initiative Ban the box. It refers to the box on applications that asks if youre a convicted felon. Members of the human rights commissio asked the Dubuque City Council to discuss that inititative. The council talked about it at yesterdays meeting, but the commission isnt asking the city to change a law or ordinance. It says it just wants a discussion. The Commission Says it can be next to impossible for a convicted felon to find a job after prison. They will be able to let the employers know, yeah i have a criminal background but this is what happened. as opposed to checking the box and the employer says nope, even if they may be qualified. The Dubuque Area Chamber of commerce says the change could could cause safety concerns for employers. The city of dubuque itself has removed the convicted applications. But it does criminal background checks. We told you earli this year abut the ban
Though colder air is creeping ever closer, and well keep a close eye on that one. Have a good day today am showers, cloudy high 3945 winds nw 1020 alo 38 dbq 40 iow 44tonight mostly cloudy low 2632 winds w 510 alo 27 dbq 30 iow 30tomorrow partly cloudy high 4046 winds s 515 alo 40 dbq 41 ioww43tomorrow night showers late low 3541 winds s 1015 alo 36 dbq 36 iow 38 firefighters say they found a cedar rapids woman inside a burnt out mobile home. Fire crews responded to the home on the southwest side at 7 oclock last night. Firefighters arrived to the scene in the 23 hundred block of kelley street southwest to find the back half of the home on fire. Thats inside Grand View Village. During the search and rescue, woman inside the home. First responders pronounced her dead at the scene. The Fire Department has not released her name. The fire and the womans cause of death are still under investigation. For the first time this president ial race a republican candidate has at least 40 percent su
What a weekend for star wars. You know, the numbers are still coming in. They could go o gher. I know you saw it in a theaterer dan. Crowds are just cheering. Absolutely. It brought me back to being just 7 years old. Its not hard to do. In this case . It was effective and constructive. Ginger and her husband, ben, welcoming that little baby boy over the weekend. [ applause ] oh, so great to see him. Adrian benjamin. 20 inches long. 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Everyone is doing great. A lot to get to. Storms across the country. A big impact on Holiday Travel for tens of millions of americans. Breaking news overnight. The horrifying scene on the las vegas strip. That driver intentionally running into people. Killing one, injuring dozens. Kayna whitworth starts us off in las vegas. Reporter its eerie to see an empty las vegas boulevard. Of the paris hotel a a off right now. Crews are e rking to clean up after that terrifying hit and run that killed one person and injured several others. Overnight
Chances of rain still on track for this weekend. Rain ounts on this systemem main in question and well continue to monitor this system as we get closer to the weekend. Coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will coralvilles big debt and what to do about it will be a big topic at Tonights City Council meeting. On december 9th, moodys investors servicic downgraded the citys bond rating. Thats generally seen as a negative reflection of the citys finances and can make it harder for coralville to borrow money the bond rating dropped to the owest rating of Investment Grade on moodys scale. The company rated coralville this way because of its high debt and liabilities. Liabilities include things like ownership of a hotel and performance center. Coralville has about 267Million Dollars in debt. In iowa, only cedar rapids and des moines both much larger cities have more debt. The rating will have little impact on residents. They say they expect to see the city continue to grow. While coral
Girl. 18 27 is that what you needed . As they prepareeor the hohodays, theyre also preparing for work to begin on their home. After applying, the couple discovered their home has more lead paint than they thought. 14 12 25 theres lead paint in a lot of different areas of our home. Especially in the windows. Upstairs especially they are painted and outside we have a lot of lead paint we have a gazebo in the back. 14 21 30 its crumbling even as i open it. But you can see the chips. Thats the stuff charlotte could get her hands on and we dont want her to the program will pay for all the work on the couples home. Project leaders say lead paint can cause Serious Health problems like developmental delays and learning disabilities. 14 07 50 children will ingest the paint, it will taste sweet, its like candy to them. If people dont start applying for the hazard hunters money, Program Leaders say theyll need to send the money back to the Us Department of housing and ive been all over the commun