Delta leaders meet in LR on boosting region

For the 12th year in a row, people from the eight states included in the Delta Regional Authority gathered in Little Rock to discuss the best ways to improve the impoverished area.

This year's Delta Grassroots Caucus covered health care, poverty, food insecurity, race relations, trade with Cuba and more as speakers from around the region met at the Clinton Presidential Center to share challenges, possible solutions and look to a brighter future for the Delta.

The authority serves parts of Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky and Illinois.

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