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The Delta Bureau's monthly digest of news, culture and education analysis
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Hello and welcome to the February issue of the Delta Beat. This month we’ve been keeping up with what Delta politicians are saying and doing, talking with educators here about their thoughts on the potential pay raise, and trying to stay warm despite this insane weather! As always, we hope you find this newsletter helpful.
If there are stories in the Delta not being covered that should be, you can always reach out to me directly about that at kelsey@mississippitoday.org. Take care and stay safe!
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We circled back with some teachers we had interviewed from Coahoma and Quitman counties a couple of years ago to see where they are now and why. Read the story. |
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Stories from Around the Mississippi Delta
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Rep. Bennie Thompson, NAACP sue Donald Trump and Rudy Guiliani over Jan. 6 riot
Read the story.
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WLBT: Yazoo Pumps project receives green light after clearing environmental hurdles
Once built, the pumps would keep backwater levels at 87-feet during flood events, keeping it off thousands of acres of farmland where, in recent years, millions of dollars in crops were lost.
Read the story.
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Senate passes ‘voter fraud’ bill that some say could disenfranchise Black Mississippians
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Greenwood Senator David Jordan: “I think people who look like me have paid a great price in Mississippi and across this nation to be full-fledged citizens. To bring a bill that could disenfranchise and create problems for people of color to vote and is aimed directly at people like me, people of color, is wrong. We don’t have to do this.”
Read the story.
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Mississippi has a critical teacher shortage. No one knows how bad it really is.
A study in the 2017 Mississippi Economic Review showed that a Delta School District is 114 times more likely to experience a teacher shortage than a non-Delta district. Little has been done to eradicate the problem and the Mississippi Department of Education won't keep track of how many teacher vacancies there are in the state.
Read the story.
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Senate Democratic leader talks 2021 legislative session, assault on U.S. Capitol
Sen. Derrick Simmons of Greenville, the chamber’s Democratic leader, praises bipartisan spirit in state Capitol, though he said differences still exist.
Listen now.
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Ice reported on roads in 74 of 82 Mississippi counties as more winter weather approaches
Read the story.
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The issue closest to hearts of lawmakers is coming: legislative redistricting
Read the story.
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‘We’re failing minority communities’: Why Black Mississippians are receiving fewer COVID-19 vaccines than white Mississippians
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“They ask us, these majority Black boards of supervisors, to get the vaccine in order to show our community that they need to not be afraid and take the vaccine. But then you turn around and don’t provide enough vaccine for the folks who want it," said Holmes County Supervisor Leroy Johnson.
Read the story.
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