UD President Laura Carlson also asked the state’s budget-writing department to increase its contribution to its needs-based First State Promise scholarship program.

Delaware’s Task Force on Sustainable Transportation is set to vote on its recommendations for long-term funding strategies this month.

There are reasons why many people love Fall and a lot have to do with leaves. The vibrant colors, the sound and feeling of walking on crunchy dried leaves or kids jumping in a giant leaf pile created in your yard.But clearing those leaves from the yard, whether for aesthetics or other reasons, isn’t much fun. Doing it yourself can be a lot of work or it can cost you a bundle to hire someone.So how about some alternatives? Ones with an environmental upside.On this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Jay Shah chatted with Concetta Gibson, Co-Founder and President of the Wild Ones Delmarva Chapter, about leaving the leaves this fall.

House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chair James Comer (R-Ky) wrote that his committee is “concerned that Delaware’s AIC proposal could be used to protect powerful AI companies and their investors from responsibility for reckless harmful actions.”

Over the years, we spent time on The Green following the plight of the Red Knot — a threatened migratory bird that stops along the Delaware Bay to refuel on horseshoe crab eggs — as they travel from South America where they stay in the winter, to breeding areas in the Arctic.A new study indicates the Delaware side of the Delaware Bay is seeing fewer Red Knots in recent years despite local officials reporting an uptick in Red Knots at Mispillion Harbor this past year.This week, contributor Jon Hurdle dug into these new numbers to try and sort out what they tell about these birds and Delaware’s efforts to protect their migratory habitat.

Hormonal changes can now be linked to brain health in women, but do they affect brain function?That is the topic of the latest research from the University of Delaware’s Mechanical Neuroimaging Lab which is directed by Curtis Johnson, PhD. The findings, published in a journal called Brain Communications, were spearheaded by first author Katrina Milbocker, PhD who is a postdoctoral researcher in the lab.The team used an imaging technique called Magnetic Resonance Elastography (MRE) which they found could detect hormone-related changes in a part of the brain. They joined Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale to explain their research, where they would take it from here and how it could impact women’s health.

Code Purple at the Cape is opening its second men’s shelter, and third overall homeless shelter.

DNREC announces that beach nesting birds made some gains this season.

Delaware’s first year of funding for the Rural Health Transformation Program– totaling more than $157 million– is fully allocated.

ChristianaCare's plans to expand in the southern part of the state, totaling more than $117 million for both proposed campuses, are not yet settled.