MMJ at @iowasnewsnow | Fmr. @wpri12, @RhodyBeat | @RICNews grad | Likes & RTs not always endorsements | ✉️ rpbaccari@sbgtv.com
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My next chapter: Starting on April 20 I’ll be a MMJ for KGAN (@iowasnewsnow) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
My last day with WPRI-TV is Sunday, April 5.
These last two years have been a blast, and I’m excited to tell the stories of Eastern Iowa.
“The dream continues.”
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Johnson County Board of Supervisors District 1 candidates talk data centers, jail bond
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11% of Rhode Island's state legislative districts are seats that Donald Trump won in 2024 but have already been won by Democrats this year because Republicans left them uncontested.
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TEN YEARS AGO TONIGHT: The first Trump-Clinton debate
84 million viewers watched across 13 networks
It is the most-watched presidential debate of all time and one of the most-watched TV events ever in the United States
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From earlier this month when I asked Democratic candidate for governor @RobSandIA how he’d fill a vacancy for the seat currently held by Sen. @ChuckGrassley (R) ⬇️
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Chuck Grassley at a GOP dinner in Des Moines: “One of the reasons I’m worried about who’s going to be elected governor. I don’t plan on dying in office, but if I did I don’t want a Democrat governor choosing my” replacement
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Map of states Trump has visited during his first and second terms thus far as president:
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Chuck Grassley at a GOP dinner in Des Moines: “One of the reasons I’m worried about who’s going to be elected governor. I don’t plan on dying in office, but if I did I don’t want a Democrat governor choosing my” replacement
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Politico: President Trump will campaign in Iowa, Florida, Texas and Alaska ahead of Election Day, according to two people with knowledge of the matter
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This was a fun story to do because I learned a lot about a natural disaster that happened here in Cedar Rapids at a time when I was 15-years-old and living 1,200 miles away in Rhode Island.
Our look back at the 2016 flood 10 years later airs on @iowasnewsnow this weekend. For the 30-minute special, I looked at how Linn County prepared for this flood after learning hard lessons from '08, including interviewing those who led the response.
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Our look back at the 2016 flood 10 years later airs on @iowasnewsnow this weekend. For the 30-minute special, I looked at how Linn County prepared for this flood after learning hard lessons from '08, including interviewing those who led the response.
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On Sept. 27, 2016 the Cedar River rose above 20 feet for just the second time ever. cbs2iowa.com/news/local/the-…
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Linn County felt prepared ahead of rising waters in 2016, but it took learning hard lessons from 2008. cbs2iowa.com/news/local/linn…
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Governor candidate Rob Sand decries two-party system during town hall in Linn County
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Voters in Johnson County Board of Supervisors District 1 will choose between Republican Greg Erceg and Democratic incumbent Lisa Green-Douglass.
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WATCH: Voters in Johnson County Board of Supervisors District 1 will choose between Republican Greg Erceg and Democratic incumbent Lisa Green-Douglass. @iowasnewsnow
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A week from today will be our in-studio #IA02 debate between Republican @joemitchelliowa and Democrat @Lindsay4Iowa.
My colleague @skylarsage_news and I will be moderating this one-hour debate, which will air at 5 PM on the @iowasnewsnow YouTube channel and website.
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Young men are swinging away hard from Republicans, pessimistic about economy, new poll finds dlvr.it/TVd9RQ
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Background about this meeting: cbs2iowa.com/news/local/ceda…
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