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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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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.

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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.

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.

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Black Iowa News Founder & Publisher Dana James featured in session at the Midwest Journalism Conference
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