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Delaware Public Media
DNREC says the Indian River Bay is open again for clamming and mussel harvesting after a 21-day closure.
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Delaware Public Media
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Quinn Kirkpatrick/Delaware Public MediaDelaware’s Department of Technology and Information asked the Joint Finance Committee for an approximately $8 million increase to its budget for fiscal year 2027. -
Wilmington is creating a new citywide Office of Community Safety.
This Week on "The Green"
Environmental Policy & Law Center. Creative Commons License
Like many states, Delaware is grappling with what to do about data centers and their potential impact – especially on electric rates. In Delaware, much of the effort to address data centers is currently focused at the state level as lawmakers and Gov. Matt Meyer weigh a number of proposals to regulate data centers. And beyond those efforts, just this week, the controversial Project Washington proposal near Delaware City was dealt a blow when DNREC ruled it is prohibited from operating at its planned site under Delaware’s Coastal Zone Act.Delaware Public Media contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at the First State's work to regulate data centers and their impact.
NPR National and World Headlines
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Doctors and public health officials are concerned about the drop in health alerts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention since President Trump returned for a second term. -
Athletes from around the world attended the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan. -
Trump's racist post came at the end of a minute-long video promoting conspiracy theories about the 2020 election. -
As Bostonians bemoan their long years of suffering without a Super Bowl win, rival fans gripe that Title Town has become Entitled Town. -
Since his first term, President Trump has wanted to be able to fire federal employees for any reason. A new rule vastly expands his authority to do that. -
The Epstein scandal has spread to the Olympic movement. The top organizer of the Los Angeles Summer Games faces calls to step down because of his past contacts with Epstein collaborator Ghislaine Maxwell.
