Delaware’s Department of Elections is temporarily moving the Election Commissioner’s office after it was among several election offices nationwide to receive a package containing white powder Thursday.
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Finance committee members and some council members have been generally supportive of the idea, which could save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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The Delaware Task Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding is seeking public input as it looks to address long-term challenges impacting the state’s Transportation Trust Fund.
This Week on "The Green"
As part of our 2026 Election coverage, Delaware Public Media is highlighting a series of “Races to Watch” ahead of November's General election.One storyline we are focusing on is Democrats' effort to deliver a complete super majority in the House. As it stands, Democrats are just one seat away - so they need to flip one Republican held seat, while holding the seats they have.One seat they need to protect is House District 20 and Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale offers a look at the candidates there and where they stand on key issues.
NPR National and World Headlines
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Hundreds of protests took place in cities across France. Most of them were peaceful but some turned chaotic and violent.
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Iowa Public Radio's Natalie Krebs reports on how Iowa - a state that reliably votes Republican for president - has some competitive races for Republicans in November, which could help determine the balance of power in Congress.
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NPR's Joel Rose talks with James B. Story, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela, about the state of the State Department in the wake of the Kimberly Guilfoyle scandal.
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NPR's Joel Rose and Rachel Treisman met at East Potomac Golf Links, a golf course that President Trump has ambitions to transform, to discuss the president's widening stamp on D.C. landmarks.
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Organizers hope to connect more than 150 existing rail-trails, greenways and other paths spanning more than 3,700 miles across America. NPR's Joel Rose checks on their progress in western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.
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Public restrooms are scarce in cities across the U.S. It's a topic historian and Temple University professor Bryant Simon writes about in his new book 'For Customers Only: Public Bathrooms and the Making of American Inequality.'
