Kids on Course program expands after school tutoring in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids learn to read program serves four elementary schools Ken wood Leadership Academy Johnson STEAM Academy Taylor Elementary and Grant Elementary. In last summer session gains were 10 to 20 words per minute with 150 students benefiting as the Zach Johnson Foundation funds most of the work. The after school and We Power Up tutoring show gaps narrowing between white and minority students and between low income and other families. The program expands to high school with 46 second graders promised college scholarships of 1000 to 1500 dollars if they stay engaged and complete requirements.
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Iowa Supreme Court upholds key voting rights ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court affirms most provisions blocking ID number and ballot language requirements for absentee ballots, with Waterman dissenting. The court also backs lifting the injunction on extending the early voting period from 29 to 40 days, while Appel dissents. The decision impacts the November elections and follows suits led by LULAC and Iowa State University student Taylor Blair.
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Iowa City to hold three elections in 60 days over riverfront plan
The Clark family owned Downtown apartments triggers three upcoming elections in Iowa City within just over two months. City staff will work with the developer to align the Riverfront Crossings District with the master plan while council members Freerks Hall Ralston Teague and Wills weigh in on density affordability and governance.
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