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Iowa Leads Nation...in Arresting African Americans for Marijuana Offenses: Iowa City Daily News Links, June 4
ALSO: Gov. Branstad names two new appointees to Board of Regents, flooding continues to improve as county and local businesses continue to prepare for worst, and a long time Hoover Principal/student celebrates his last day.
Tuesday, more good flooding news day? Let's hope.
On to the Links!
If true, not a category Iowa wants to lead the nation in. An ACLU study argues that although white people and black people use marijuana at the same rate, black people are eight times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession in Iowa, the highest such disparity in the nation. (The Des Moines Register)
As the days go on, the flood projections along the Iowa River continue to improve. (Press-Citizen)
But mobile home parks and southside businesses aren't taking any chances. (the Press-Citizen)
The county is also prepared for a prolonged bout of flooding. (Press-Citizen)
State leaders were in town Monday and are making their pitch for more emergency response funding. (Press-Citizen)
Governor Terry Branstad named two new appointees to the State Board of Regents before the meeting in Iowa City on Wednesday.
PHOTO GALLERY: Aerial shots of flooding in Eastern Iowa (the Gazette)
Alyson Brown of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that Monday marked the last day of school for several students in Iowa City, and one long time Hoover Elementary School principal.
An inmate committed suicide in the mental health ward of Oakdale Prison in Coralville. (Press-Citizen)
Daily Links Excerpt of the Day
A black person in Iowa is more than eight times as likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, even though both use marijuana at about the same rate, according to a report issued Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The study, based on data collected from the FBI and the Census Bureau, founds that Iowa has the largest racial disparity in the United States in comparing marijuana arrest rates between blacks and whites. Iowa is followed by Washington, D.C., Minnesota, Illinois, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania.
The study also broke down data by county, with Dubuque County having the worst racial disparities in Iowa for marijuana arrests, followed by Woodbury County, Johnson County, Linn County, and Clinton County.
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