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Some state lawmakers are pushing for Delaware to join a growing of number of states requiring more substantial Black history education in schools. And when drafting her bill, State Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker looked to the community it will affect most - public school students. Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia caught up with two students from the Delaware Black Student Coalition to get their thoughts on legislation - and their contribution to writing it.

Delaware’s climate has gotten warmer and wetter in recent decades. The new climate “normals” the federal government released last week made this clear. And Delaware’s farmers are among the groups working to adapt to the changes. In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Sophia Schmidt talks with Emmalea Ernest and David Owens of the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension about what the First State’s “new normal” means for agriculture

The consensus is that the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on schools left many students learning less than they would in a normal year. How best to catch-up is a question schools and the state are grappling with as summer break looms next month. This week, contributor Larry Nagengast looks at some of the issues they face and approaches they'll take.

Delaware’s largest pediatric health care provider is rebranding itself. Nemours Children’s Health System will now be simply known as Nemours Children’s Health.

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Gov. John Carney announced this week that he’s lifting COVID-related capacity restrictions indoors starting May 21. But any event hosting more than 250 people still needs a state approved plan. That includes upcoming high school graduations, which a year ago were substantially pared down because of the pandemic. Will graduates get a more typical celebration this year? Contributor Larry Nagengast surveyed schools around the First State to see what they have in the works.

Gov. John Carney’s decision to relax COVID capacity restrictions changes the equation for many stores and businesses looking to get back to normal after over a year of modified operations. But contributor Eileen Dallabrida reports while many retailers are already seeing a welcomed rebound in business, it’s not all smooth sailing.

A unique piece of art recently arrived at the Hagley Museum and Library in Wilmington. Starting June 1, a thousand-pound Steampunk sculpture called the Velocipede Time Machine will greet visitors in the lobby of Hagley’s Nation of Inventors exhibition. And in this week’s Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele chats with its designer, Bruce Rosenbaum.

Coastal wetlands are considered key to mitigating climate change, because their plants absorb carbon from the atmosphere and store it in soil even faster than forests do. But research at a salt marsh near Dover raises questions about how much of a carbon “sink” tidal wetlands really are, and if that’s changing as the climate warms.