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Lawmakers packed several significant bills in before the week wrapped.
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One of Broadway’s most famous shows is coming to the Milton Theatre next month. -
Isreal Hale/Delaware Public MediaGov. Matt Meyer unveiled his fiscal year 2027 state budget proposal, a plan that keeps spending growth below 5%, “for the first time in years.”
This Week on "The Green"
Delaware invested over $8 million dollars across more than 60 development projects through the state's Downtown Development District program in FY 2025 with an additional $5.5 million set aside for another 15 large projects.The Delaware State Housing Authority administers the program and earlier this week, Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale sat down with DSHA director Matthew Heckles to learn more about how those dollars ar working and plans for the program's future.
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University of Delaware Center for Counseling and Student Development
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NPR National and World Headlines
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Lawmakers are racing to end a partial government shutdown after Congress missed its funding deadline on Friday. And, Trump wants to close the Kennedy Center for two years for renovations. -
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Washington Post art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott about President Trump's plan to temporarily close the Kennedy Center.
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The government is still in a partial shutdown, but the House Speaker predicts it will be over by Tuesday. In the meantime, lawmakers are still divided over Department of Homeland Security policy changes.
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Amid the partial government shutdown, we hear from House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., about funding for the Department of Homeland Security.
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Farmers in the U.S. have grown cannabis since the 1600s — but policymakers are still figuring out how to regulate two famous types of Cannabis sativa. A historian calls the plant "incredibly cryptic." -
Things are looking bleak for a fix in Congress for ACA premiums that doubled, on average, this month. And Republicans are making arguments against the law that haven't worked in years past.
