Report: Death Toll from Texas Winter Storm Could Be Five Times Higher Than State Says
Analysis by BuzzFeed News reveals that an estimated 702 people died due to the storms
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According to a BuzzFeed News analysis of CDC data and public records, an estimated 702 people were killed by the winter storm that wiped out power and gas to much of the state amid freezing temperatures, a number nearly five times higher than the state has reported.
According to the state of Texas, only 151 people died from causes related to the storm. But using historical data, BuzzFeed News built a model for how many deaths would be expected during the week of the storm, discounted deaths from Covid-19 and compared those numbers to counts of actual deaths from the CDC a common method for determining the death toll of natural disasters. According to the report, the data suggests that between 426-978 more people died than would have been expected in Texas for the
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My Take: Yes to HPS millage will help build strong school district
Rebekah Schipper
I would like to propose three reasons why voting in support of this proposal is important.
Number one, your taxes will actually go down. You can check it out for yourself on the HPS’s Build 2021 webpage, where you can use the property tax calculator to figure out just how much your taxes will decrease. This bond follows a consistent pattern of financial responsibility by the district over the past 10 years.
After shrinking student populations in the early 2000s which have now stabilized the district was forced to “right size” in very painful ways, but the district decided to face the pain in hopes for a long-term solution. The result is Holland Public Schools has been able to weather the financial storms of the past 20 years and provide quality instruction across the district.