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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 2012

Page

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Trafficking survivor speaks on dark journey from 14 to 20

Brittany Phillips, now 20, describes being taken at 14 and placed with another girl at a crack house. She recalls drugs, guns, roaches, and sleeping on a floor as she opened to The Gazette, sharing her experience and agreeing to use her name.

Brittany Phillips the Gazette Phillips Ruth Buckels Story City Chicago Iowa

Trafficking Investigations Rise Across U S 2008 10

Federal task forces opened 2515 trafficking cases from January 2008 to June 2010 with 2065 sex trafficking 278 labor trafficking and 172 unknown incidents. A reference notes a reported case in Des Moines involving sexual maltreatment by a mother's partner and subsequent treatment placement in Iowa.

United States Des Moines Iowa

Deficit in Cedar Rapids special education funds widens

The Cedar Rapids Community School District faces a $2.79 million deficit in its special education budget. The district has run deficits in six of the past eight years due to a funding formula that bases dollars on past service requests rather than new needs. Executive director Sheila Lehman notes high costs for required assistive technology, such as BrailleNotes, complicating budget planning and prompting appeals to the Iowa Department of Education for support.

Meryn Fluker Cedar Rapids Community Iowa Eral Sheila Lehman Cedar Rapids Iowa Department of Education

From Cedar Falls to Peregrine Empire of Deceit

A Cedar Falls based tale follows Russell Wasendorf Sr. founder of Peregrine Financial Group who rose from a barbershop backroom to wealth then hid hundreds of millions in customer funds. He attempted suicide outside his HQ in July and later pled guilty to mail fraud lying to regulators and embezzlement.

Meurvl Cedar Falls Iowa Peregrine Financial Group Russell Wasendorf Sr Wasendorf Commodity Futures Trading Commission Reuters Chicago Waterloo

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