The entity overseeing the public-private partnership at the port opted to replace the previous operator, Gulftainer, after years of financial woes.
The president outlined the economic stakes that leaders faced and declared that a crisis had been averted.
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The proposed 2024 municipal budget would count on a small general tax increase and property sales to catch up to rising expenses.
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Memorial Day was the start of what is called the 100 Deadliest Days on the roadways for teen drivers.
This Week on "The Green"
Last year, state lawmakers created the Long-Term Care and Memory Care Task Force to take a comprehensive look at Delaware’s long-term and memory care facilities and the policies governing them.After 14 public meetings, the group issued its final report late last week, offering more than a dozen recommendations to improve these facilities and the care they provide.Delaware Public Media’s Paul Kiefer sat down with the task force chair State Rep. Kendra Johnson this week to explore what the task force learned and the changes it’s recommending.
NPR National and World Headlines
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A gunbattle involving an Egyptian police officer in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers dead, the army said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attended a high-profile security conference in Singapore amid growing tensions with China.
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President Biden gave a rare Oval Office address wrapping up the debt ceiling drama that has kept Washington and financial markets on tenterhooks for weeks.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the suspension of horse racing at Churchill Downs, the Stanley Cup Finals in hockey, and game two of the NBA Finals.
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Henry Hoke's new novel "Open Throat" follows the perspective of a hungry mountain lion. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hoke, who was inspired by the real life story of the cat "P-22" in Los Angeles.
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NPR's Scott Simon talks to John R. Deni, a research professor at the U.S. Army War College, about developments in Ukraine's bid to join NATO.