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Delaware’s Office of Management and Budget wants to shift state contributions to retiree health benefits from the general fund – covered largely by taxes– to a special fund.
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Isreal Hale/Delaware Public MediaCongresswoman Sarah McBride holds an Ag summit at the Delaware State Fairgrounds. -
Often found in a supporting role behind their colleagues in the wind and string sections, the brass players of the Delaware Symphony will be in the spotlight.
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Gov. Matt Meyer’s State of the State address and budget proposal called for huge investments in early childhood education– about $50 million in state and federal monies.Part of the federal money comes from a federal grant, meant to bolster childcare infrastructure in the First State.Gov.Meyer tapped Lt. Governor Kyle Evans Gay to take the lead managing this grant and the state’s larger effort to improve access to early childhood education and the results it produces.This week, Delaware Public Media State Politics reporter Bente Bouthier sat down with Lt. Gov Gay to discuss the state’s plans.
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First State Ballet Theatre
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Sit down with pop culture critic Linda Holmes as she watches the 2026 winter games. She is exhausted by cross-country, says "ow ow ow" during moguls, and makes the case, once and for all, for curling. -
Drinking water around the District of Columbia hasn't been contaminated. But scientists say the environmental damage could be severe. -
The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts, which is packed with President Trump's allies, voted to approve the new White House ballroom project pursued by Trump.
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President Trump hosted the first ever Board of Peace meeting Thursday in Washington, D.C., with about 40 countries attending.
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In 1974, Lt. Colonel Randall Lanning manned the launch controls that could deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack. He looks back at one night that's still etched in his memory.
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A second U.S. aircraft carrier moved closer to the Middle East Thursday, President Trump's Board of Peace held its first meeting, former Prince Andrew released after spending day in police custody.
