Gazette Daily News Briefing, October 16
This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I’m here with your update for October 16, 2023.
No rain on the menu for the start of the week. According to the National Weather Service it will be mostly sunny with a high near 56 degrees. On Monday evening it will be partly cloudy, with a low of around 37 degrees.
There was also thankfully no rain in Iowa City Sunday as 55,646 fans packed into Kinnick Stadium for “Crossover at Kinnick,” a scrimmage between the Iowa Women’s Basketball team and the DePaul Blue Demons– played on a court assembled on Kinnick’s field. Iowa triumphed 94-72, with Caitlin Clark recording her now typical triple double, with 34 points,10 rebounds and 11 assists in the windy outdoor conditions.
The game, which set a record for attendance at a women’s basketball game, was played at Kinnick’s north end. With the game beginning at 2 p.m., fans began tailgating before 10 a.m.
Proceeds went to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital, and a preliminary check for $250,000 was handed over during a break in the action Sunday.
Republicans are hoping the next vote for Speaker of the House will go better than the last couple of tries.
National outlets are reporting that the next vote for speaker will be around noon on Tuesday.
Republicans have nominated Jim Jordan as their pick for Speaker. While it appears that Jordan still does not have even all the Republican votes needed to be nominated, Iowa’s congressional delegation is lining up in support of him, just as they did with Steve Scalise and Kevin McCarthy before him.
Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson at a fundraiser for Gov. Kim Reynolds on Saturday said her hope is the vote can end the chaos recently in Congress.
Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was not as forthcoming in supporting Jordan’s leadership bid. She also praised McCarthy’s effort as Speaker in preventing a government shutdown, a move that ultimately led to him being pushed out of the position by his own party.
