Young says pandemic exacerbating digital divide problem
The director of the city's division of Housing and Community Development said on "Behind The Headlines" that Wi-Fi access for students living in public housing is a challenge that has become more acute with classes suspended in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.
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