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Coming up on The Exchange, Iowa prisons are overwhelmed with inmates, and man of those who are finishing their sentences are unprepared for life outside.
We preview a returning citizen re entry program,
Also, what might be needed in a new START non nuclear proliferation treaty, if president Trump agrees to create a new one when the current treaty expires.
And we remember Iowa Supreme Court Justice Daryll Hecht who died recently after battling cancer.
As well as hearing from some young people about Tolerance Week
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You’re listening to The Exchange on Siouxland Public Media, I’m Mary Hartnett.
Today we will hear about a citizen reentry simulation that’s planned for next week. It focuses on what those who are getting out of prison need to do to come back to society. We will also hear a memorium of former Supreme Court Justice Daniel Hecht of Sloan, who died of cancer last month.
But first, we talk with a researcher about President Donald Trump’s waffling on whether the US will extend the START nuclear arms treaty with Russia. Vincent Manzo is a research scientist at CNA Analysis and Solutions, a non-profit research and analysis organization. Manzo says a CNA study shows the US and Russia possess about 90 percent of the world’s estimated nuclear warheads arms control has been a tool to help reduce suspicion and fear between the two countries and avoid a more intense nuclear arms competition.
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Vincent Manzo is a research scientist at CNA Analysis and Solutions, a non-profit research and analysis organization. He recently concluded a study on the options for a new START nuclear arms treaty between Russia and the United States, once the current treaty expires.
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You’re listening to the Exchange on SPM, I’m Mary Hartnett. Going to prison is a very difficult life adjustment, but coming back to the larger world and making a go of it can be just as hard, which is something a lot us don’t really understand. That’s why the Sioux City Chapter of the NAACP is sponsoring a returning citizen reentry simulation next Saturday, April 27that the Sioux City Public Museum. Sue Leonard is helping with the event. She says the barriers to reentry are much greater than many people realize.
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Sue Leonard is helping with the returning citizen reentry simulation next Saturday, April 27that the Sioux City Public Museum. It is sponsored by the NAACP of Sioux City.
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Currently there is no casino gambling in the state of Nebraska. Nebraskans are coming to Iowa, South Dakota and other states to gamble. 500 million in revenue that is going out of state that could be used in Nebraska to meet several different needs. Ho Chunk Inc., the socio-economic development center of the Winnebago Tribe, is joining with other groups, filing a. proposed ballot initative to add an amendment to the Nebraska constitution to legalize gambling and regulate casino gambling. Sam Burris the communications manager for Ho Chunk Inc. Burris says the amendment to legalize gambling has legs in Nebraska .
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Sam Burris the communications manager for Ho Chunk Inc. Ho Chunk Inc. is one of the organizations that is filing a petition to ask for an amendment to the state constitution to legalize gambling in Nebraska . Ho Chunk Inc. is an underwriting on Siouxland Public Media.
Iowa Supreme Court Justice Daryl Hecht died on April 3rd after battling skin cancer. Former Governor Tom Vilsack appointed him to the high court in 2006. It was position Justice Hecht held in high regard. Here’s what he said about the role of the judicial branch when interviewed by a student at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa a few years ago.
“There are seven members of the court that bring different experiences to the process. Each of the justices make decisions based on the law not on their own political backgrounds.”
Former Federal judge Mark Bennett was a close friend of Justice Hecht. He gave insight on the justice and his legacy to Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer.
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TAG: Judge Mark Bennett recently retired as a U.S. District Court judge in Sioux City after 24-years on the bench. He is now working as a full-time faculty member of the Drake University Law School in Des Moines.
The federal government has awarded the Community Action Agency of Siouxland funds to expand Early Head Start.
The $1.65 million grant will be used to create 56 new slots for infants and toddlers up to 36 months old. The program promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of infants and toddlers through education, health, nutrition and social services with an emphasis on parent engagement. It also provides services to pregnant women.
Jean Loganis with the Community Action Agency of Siouxland. She says
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That was Jean Logan of the Community Action Agency of Sioux City, talking about a new grant that would create Seven classrooms for Early Head Start in Sioux City later this year. They will be located throughout Sioux City and are expected to open late summer 2019.Tolerance Week
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