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Joint Finance Committee approves state employee raises for FY 2020

Delaware state workers are likely to see larger paychecks in the next fiscal year.

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Higher Memorial Day Weekend traffic expected this year

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Nemours, Bayhealth partner on addition to new Sussex Campus
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Barbers join the fight for literacy in Wilmington

The Wilmington Public Library is trying something different to encourage kids to read.

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Home No. 2 - The Peter Marsh Homestead 12 Dodds Lane, Rehoboth Beach (Submitted Photo)

Rehoboth Art League names Milford resident 2019 Cottage Tour artist

Sussex County proposes pulling from savings for nearly $186 million 2020 budget

Lawmakers and State Auditor at odds over Odyssey Charter School audit

By • May 21, 2019

The State Auditor said she’s prevented from auditing a charter school by a law sponsored by the lawmaker urging her to do the audit.


Wilmington City Council approves 2020 operating budget after rejecting it last week

By • May 21, 2019
Delaware Public Media

Wilmington City Council reconsidered Mayor Mike Purzycki’s 2020 budget plan Tuesday.

 


Delaware's only certification program for telehealth grows with expanding use statewide

By • May 21, 2019
Anne Hoffman/Delaware Public Media

The University of Delaware’s telemedicine program is continuing to equip more First State medical providers with the ability to visit patients remotely on a screen.


DSU mourns death of former school president

By • May 21, 2019
Delaware State Univ.

Delaware State University announced former school president William DeLauder died Monday.  He was 81.

Delawareans protest abortion restrictions pushed in other states

By • May 21, 2019
Sophia Schmidt, Delaware Public Media

Delawareans joined #StopTheBans rallies across the country Tuesday.

Advocates gathered on Wilmington's Rodney Square protested recent legislation restricting or largely banning abortions in states including Alabama and Missouri.

 


Delaware revenue estimate up again as budget markup starts

By • May 20, 2019

Delaware revenue numbers keep rising as lawmakers move to draft the next fiscal year’s budget.

Low prices continue for Delaware's soybean farmers amidst China tariffs

By • May 20, 2019
Susanne Zilberfarb / Delaware Soybean Board

Delaware’s farmers are still dealing with marketplace uncertainty as trade tensions continue between China and the United States.

Rehoboth Art League seeks artist to create Convention Center mural

By • May 20, 2019
City of Rehoboth Beach

The Rehoboth Art League (RAL) is looking for an artist to create a coastal themed mural on the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center.


Archaeologists search for New Castle's 17th-century Fort Casimir, again

By • May 20, 2019
Sophia Schmidt, Delaware Public Media

Archeologists are resuming the quest to find the lost Fort Casimir in Historic New Castle.

 

Fort Casimir was originally built by Dutch settlers on the shore of the Delaware River in New Castle in 1651.


General Assembly to consider bringing back death penalty

By • May 18, 2019
Tom Byrne / Delaware Public Media

Some Delaware lawmakers want to reinstate capital punishment in the First State.

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