Sarah Petrowich
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Delaware Public Media
As Black Maternal Health Week wraps up, Delaware lawmakers discuss upcoming legislation on a state and federal level to address health care disparities.
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Roman Battaglia/Delaware Public MediaA bill to allow individuals who have committed a violent felony to apply for the SEED scholarship could not garner enough lawmaker support to move to the House floor. -
The Bud and Bug Festival marks 50 years since elementary school students help make the ladybug Delaware's state bug
This Week on "The Green"
MACH2
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MACH2
Last fall, the Biden Administration announced substantial federal grants to create a series of “hydrogen hubs.”One hub funded is the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub, or MACH2. It’s receiving up to $750 million to bring together governments and business interests in Delaware, Southeast Pennsylvania, and South Jersey to create a hub with the promise of creating jobs while combating climate change.The U.S. Department of Energy and MACH2 officials are currently holding listening sessions to discuss plans for this hub and get public feedback. And contributor Jon Hurdle reports on the arguments for and against MACH2 heard in these sessions.
Kyle McKinnon
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Delaware Public Media
NPR National and World Headlines
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USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking. -
The singer gained stardom after finishing ninth on "American Idol" in 2006. In 2014, she won a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album for "Overcomer," her fifth album. -
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted overwhelmingly to unionize with the UAW, setting a new trajectory for labor unions in the American South. -
Joan Nathan has spent her life exploring Jewish culture through recipes. Now in her 80s, her new book is her most personal work yet — excavating her own culinary history.
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Under the glare of the lights in New York's Time Square, a Nigerian chess master makes his bid to break the world record for the longest continuous chess game to raise money for children back home.
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Juleus Ghunta is a published children's author and award-winning poet. But growing up in rural Jamaica, he could barely read. When he was about 12, a young teacher-in-training arrived at his school.
Student Spotlight
- Master Gardeners help people develop a green thumb
- Dover area Girl Scouts celebrate another successful year
- Tween Thursday draws kids to Dover Library
- Polar Plunge draws a crowd to help Special Olympic Delaware
- Libraries host canine friends to promote reading
- Dover area events usher in the holiday season
- Students seek connections at Governor's Career Expo