Delaware Department of Labor
The DOL Division of Unemployment Insurance spent approximately $26 million on modernization efforts.
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Despite federal changes in the childhood vaccine schedule, doctors in Delaware – specifically at ChristianaCare – still recommend the flu vaccine. -
Joe Irizarry/Delaware Public MediaThe bill, introduced last April and passed without opposition by the State Senate in May, requires all school districts and charter schools in Delaware to create a policy to limit student cell phone use.
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Delaware Public Media
Ongoing efforts to address the substantial need for more affordable housing suggest multiple solutions are necessary to build the needed level of available housing stock.One approach that could help is something called “upper floor housing,” or upper floor redevelopment projects. They are a way some communities are utilizing underused spaces, like empty office buildings or unused historic buildings, to meet the demands for housing while preserving their downtown facade.Upstairs Downtown is an organization that seeks to help upper floor redevelopers through workshops like one last month at the Smyrna Opera House.Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale spend time with historic preservation architect Mike Jackson and Carmody Consulting principal consultant Dan Carmody to learn how Delaware communities could benefit from upper floor redevelopment.
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Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored. -
The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support. -
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States. -
The four members of NASA's Crew-11 mission are heading home from the International Space Station. Their journey is ending a month early due to an astronaut with a "serious medical condition."
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The Trump administration has cut nearly 2 billion dollars in funding for programs that serve people with mental illness and substance abuse issues. Providers say the cuts are devastating.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with law professor David Cole of Georgetown University about the accountability of federal officers, after an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Macklin Good in Minnesota.
