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The Public Education Funding Commission reviewed five recommendations it plans to vote on next month to revamp Delaware’s school funding model.
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy MartenReading proficiency sat at 52% for students third grade and younger before the pandemic, and Marten said she aims to get that number to 53% by 2028. It currently sits at 38%. -
Joe Irizarry/Delaware Public MediaA bill to allow solar energy users to send back more power back to the grid clears the State Senate.
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Delaware continues to debate whether it wants to allow large data centers to set up shop in the First State - and if they do, what kind of regulation and oversight will govern then and their potential impact.In recent weeks, the state’s Public Service Commission heard public comment as it mulls a large load tariff for operations like data centers. State lawmakers held a hearing where a variety of experts offered their perspectives on data centers and their impact. And New Castle County passed an ordinance enacting some data center regulations.Delaware Public Media contributor Jon Hurdle has been tracking this discussion and debate – and this week offers a snapshot on what's being said.
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Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Ill., topped political newcomer Kat Abughazaleh, a first-time candidate who ran as an unapologetic progressive in the race to succeed longtime incumbent Jan Schakowsky. -
Arizona is the first state to allege the prediction market company has committed criminal violations, accusing it of running an unlicensed gambling operation. -
A federal judge has ordered more than a thousand Voice of America staffers back to work by Monday. It's a major defeat for the Trump administration's effort to cut the news outlet to the bones. -
With the Strait of Hormuz blocked, policy expert Karim Sadjadpour says the war in Iran is becoming increasingly complicated: "I don't think President Trump ... understood what he was getting into." -
The Ford's crew left Norfolk, Va., on June 24, initially bound for the Mediterranean. More than nine months later, the crew is now in the Red Sea for the war with Iran with no clear return date. -
President Trump says NATO is making "a very foolish mistake" after countries decline to help secure the Strait of Hormuz.
