Delaware’s State Senate Democrats pick their leadership for the upcoming 154th legislative session, bringing two new senators into leadership and promoting another.
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Dover City Council rescinds a controversial ordinance, but a Committee says a similar measure might be back on the books soon.
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The EF-1 tornado touched down at 1:05 p.m. Thursday about 3 and a half miles southeast of Newark in the Salem Woods neighborhood.
This Week on "The Green"
Property taxes are on the minds of New Castle County residents as the county sends out its 2026 tax bills.Concerns about the property assessments done to determine what people and businesses pay linger after the county’s 2024 reassessment, its first in over 40 years. Many were left angry, feeling some were paying less than their fair share.Recently, the county released the results of an independent quality control review of non-residential property assessments. Its sample of 50 properties found errors connected to data collection and modeling but no deficiency in the effort or intent of the reassessment.In his response to the report, County Executive Marcus Henry announced one move he’ll make is to move up the next reassessment by one year to 2028.This week, we sat down with Marcus Henry and the county’s Chief Finance Officer David Del Grande to discuss the report and what’s next for property assessment in New Castle County.
NPR National and World Headlines
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NASA's Voyager 1, which is the furthest man-made object from Earth, is set to reach a new milestone this week. On Wednesday, the probe will be roughly 16 billion miles from Earth.
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Preview of what to expect as President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, China this week.
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NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Ben Schwab, frontman to the band Sylvie, about their new record New Season.
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The upcoming auction of a piece from Swedish abstract art pioneer Hilma af Klint has raised questions about control over her legacy.
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NPR White House Correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben and Tadeo Ruiz Sandoval, who covers agriculture for Harvest Public Media, talk about great American farm movies.
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Sydney Sweeney has great jeans, American Eagle Outfitters tells us. But who made them? And what are working conditions like in the garment factories of Pakistan and Bangladesh?