{"id":2462,"date":"2024-10-21T22:02:43","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T02:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irising-3.local\/?page_id=2462"},"modified":"2026-03-04T19:08:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T19:08:35","slug":"news-and-highlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/news-and-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"News and Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9b1f843a wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4945cb3c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-28305bba alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-3d3ffef9\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Check out Iris&#8217; 2024 Year in Review!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-ea0e7dce\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-75f0cdfa wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/year-in-review-2024\/\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Year-in-Review-US-Letter-1-791x1024.png ,https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Year-in-Review-US-Letter-1.png 780w, https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Year-in-Review-US-Letter-1.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 150px\" src=\"https:\/\/irismusicproject.com\/website_2ec8ca85\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024-Year-in-Review-US-Letter-1-791x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-3815\" width=\"251\" height=\"324\" title=\"2024 Year in Review (US Letter) (1)\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator uagb-block-10a1a69a\"><div class=\"wp-block-uagb-separator__inner\" style=\"--my-background-image:\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Iris on the news!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Executive Director Lauren Latessa appeared on WBALTV on Saturday, Nov. 11th. 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