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Read to Succeed Luncheon, featuring author Don Tate, celebrates literacy and student achievement at King Elementary School in Des Moines
BCDI of Iowa and Reach Out and Read-Midwest partnered to foster a special event for King Elementary School families.
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Iowa Legislature passes ‘3 strikes’ mandatory minimum sentencing law
The Iowa Legislature passed a mandatory minimum sentencing law that lawmakers were informed may disproportionately affect Black Iowans.
National panel says sentences based on prior criminal records can increase both prison terms and racial injustice
A national organization gathered experts together to discuss the problems with mandatory minimum sentencing.
Iowa House Study Bill 780 would ban ‘warrant resolution clinics,’ allowing residents to resolve low-level warrants without jail time
Updated: Iowa House lawmakers passed HF 2787 to ban counties and other entities from hosting events to help people with outstanding low-level warrants avoid jail.
Meet Sioux City’s local Black author and historian: Jim Tillman
Telling Black stories. Author Jim Tillman has deep roots in Sioux City, Iowa, and he has made it his mission to shepherd Black history there.
Rest in Iowa: George Foreman’s family visits boxer’s burial site in Sioux City cemetery
Even though boxing legend George Foreman wasn’t born in Iowa, he wanted to be buried in Sioux City.
