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Medicaid system. K12 Education Funding as their top priority. You might remember that last year, lawmakers went several weeks past their deadline on coming to an agreement on that issue. And it finally ended with governor branstad vetoing the 55. 7 Million Dollar agreement the legislature finally came to. Representative dave jacoby says democrats and republicans will need to sort of re learn w to Work Together on the issue. Weve dug quite a deep hole with what the governor has done to education ...

Months caucuses. His Campaign Said the list includes current and former elected officials and other activists. The former Florida Governor is planning a Campaign Trip through iowa next week. Bush has been averaging about 5 in polls of Iowa Republicans lately. The Iowa Republican caucuses winner in 2008 is ctinuing his tour across the state today. Mike huckabee is making stops in sigourney and oskaloosa this morning before heading to central iowa. The former arkansas governor has yet to recapture...

Spending the most money are on schools and on medicaid. Alyx right now at noon, governor branstad talks about past successes and lays out his plan for the future of iowa. Governor Terry Branstad gave his condition of the state address this morning, saying iowa is now ranked the third best managed state in the nation. Our chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor is just back from the statehouse with more. Cynthia. Cynthia alyx, governor branstad laid out his priorities education, medicaid cleaning ...

And there could be freezjng drizzle late tonight, so that wiil make thursday morning travel a little slick. Heres the forecast for today. Temperatures will be in the lower to middle 30s with a south wind 10 to 20 miles per hour. Colder temperatures on the way. Details in just a few minututs. Our top story this hour the search continues for a rare bike that was stolen from one eastern iowa front porch. The bike elongs to a m m whose been dealing with cancer and and it was the only way he could ge...

Took 287 stolen vehicle reports in 2015 and about 75 of the stolen vehicles werj left unlocked with keys inside or left running. I spoke with police this afternoon on this topic and shortly after hanging up they alled me back saying there was another vehicle left runninin taken in the city today. This time it was a person running inside a buisness for a aware of, i will have more weve got you covered live in cedar rapids, Kristin Rogers kwwl news. Thanks kristin. As a reminder this was the secon...

On their agenda after an extended session last year ended with few major results. Results. State lawmakers are expected to tackle Education Funding and watereruality initiatives. Last week governor branstad said he wants to divert some tax dollars from education to Water Quality. The lack of progress last year was partly blamed on the fact that republicans controlled the wa house and while e democrats controlled the senate which will stay the same this year. Tomorrow Governor Terry branstad will...

The waterloo cedarfalls courier reports the lawyer filed to dismiss that lawsuit, after the settlement was reached on friday. Back in 2012, police say they saw ambrose pointing a gun at a crowd of people outside the new world lounge. A 2013 grand jury decided not to charge the officer in the case. As part of the settlement with the family, the city and officers admitted no wrongdoing. Cedar Rapids Police had a busy friday night investigating three separate shootings. Police say the first shootin...

Clouds in as well as the warmth tomorrow. I will let you know when the next frigid drop is coming and when the warmup is coming too. Laura the iowa caucus, and the worldwide attention, is now just a few weeks away, but the political focus for iowans this week lies closer to home. Kccis grace provenzano tells us whats on tap in the state legislature. Grace laura, its a new year and a new session, but there are old issues hanging in the balance, like education. Several iowa lawmakers made stops at...

This is actually a new. The Waterloo School district moved their buses here in july. And for the first time. These heating building overnight. A lot of schools districts in eastern iowa dont have an indoor garage. There still is a llt of prep that g ges into getting the buses ready for school. Drivers arrive about two hours before they start their routes so theres enough time for the buses to warm up. But its also important to mmke sure kids are prepared to wait at the bus stop make sure theyre ...

Throughout the day. Wind chills will continue to drop, as well. From the northwest and will be may have a few snow showers or much, if anything. We have seen our highs. Temps chills returning to the forecast. Which ill our countdown to caucus continues this morning as the republican candidates square off in their 6th debate. Donald trump and ted cruz clashed repeatedly during the fox buuiness debate. The war of words focused on where cruz was born as trump continues to question whether the senat...