Delaware Public Media
Last week Rep. Gorman pulled back two bills, HB 366 and HB 367, from the package of legislation she introduced. These proposed requirements for law enforcement to display identification and limitations on facial coverings.
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Delaware Public MediaDelaware’s institutions of higher education made their pitches for funding bumps to the Joint Committee on Capital Improvement. -
Quinn Kirkpatrick/Delaware Public MediaLawmakers ask about IT upgrades, money for school improvements, updates on lead water testing.
This Week on "The Green"
Delaware Public Media
Delaware took a significant step toward revamping the way it funds its public schools.The Public Education Funding Commission formally voted on its recommendations for a new hybrid model which will increase per-pupil funding for multilingual learners and students from low-income homes.The General Assembly will now comsider bills reflecting these changes and how to implement them.They’'re sponsored by the commission’s chair State Sen. Laura Sturgeon, who joined Delaware Public Media’s state politics reporter Bente Bouthier this week to discuss this new education funding plan.
NPR National and World Headlines
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The U.S. says it will guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz to break the deadlock.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jeff Rathke, president of the American-German Institute, about U.S. troops stationed in Germany, and what happens if President Trump moves some of them elsewhere.
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A man who says he is only foraging for food for a year recently taught a group of people in Charlotte, N.C., about the plants that you can find and eat on a walk.
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Usually, 2/3 of U.S. ambassadors come from the career foreign service. But the Trump administration has named mostly political ambassadors, leaving senior career diplomats with few prospects.
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New York Yankees broadcaster John Sterling has died at age 87. He started as the team's play-by-play announcer in 1989, and he called every game until he missed his first one in 2019.
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Israeli settlers continue to push Palestinians from their homes and land where many have lived for generations. In East Jerusalem, the government uses archaeological claims to justify its orders.
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