The Smyrna Educators Association reaches a deal on pay raises with the Smyrna School District.
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At a meeting last week, committee chair Heidi Lowe charged members to come up with ideas for a strategic plan that would set a pathway forward for the group and its work.
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Delaware House lawmakers overwhelmingly approved constitutional amendments to codify early voting and no-excuse absentee voting.
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Delaware is considering changes to state code meant to help it adapt to a growing digital money market.Recently introduced bills will make it easier for financial transactions across state lines and Delaware companies conducting business out of state while establishing a licensing framework for stablecoin - a type of cryptocurrency.The package of bills come from one of General Assembly’s leaders in banking and business policy, State Senator Spiros Mantzavinos. He says they’ll be important to Delaware retaining its reputation for being business friendly and attracting corporations to the First State.This week, Delaware Public Media State Politics Reporter - Bente Bouthier sits down with Mantzavinos to delve more deeply into what these bills will do.
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NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail about their new album, Ricochet.
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A new study genetically shows dogs existed almost 5,000 years earlier than scientists could prove.
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Gao Zhen, a famed contemporary artist, goes on trial this week for "slandering heroes and martyrs" of China's ruling Communist Party. His wife has been forced to become his advocate.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Epstein survivor Danielle Bensky about a new class action lawsuit against the Justice Department and Google over the release of identifying information about victims.
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Human remains found in a church in the Netherlands could be those of d'Artagnan, one of the legendary French swordsmen who inspired the novel The Three Musketeers.
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First, Israel said it would take Lebanese territory up to the Litani River. Then it ordered people out of an area 10 miles north of that. Residents are fleeing southern Lebanon in waves.