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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"
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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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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Mychal Threets and panelists Tom Bodett, Josh Gondelman, and Tig Notaro -
Olympic figure skating is often seems to take athletes to the very edge of perfection, but even the greatest stumble and fall. How do they pull themselves together again on the biggest world stage? Toughness, poise and practice. -
Some film professors are bemoaning the shortcuts students take to avoid watching assigned movies: some don't know what happens at the end. NPR's Scott Simon offers his own synopses. -
U.S. and Iranian envoys have held talks aimed at averting possible U.S. strikes on Iran.
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NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Anne Applebaum about how the U.S. may be headed toward authoritarianism.
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Beef producers from around the country held a convention this week where they heard from Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who promotes red meat consumption.
