Delaware’s House Majority Caucus decided its three leadership positions in an apparently close vote Wednesday night.
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All three of the composers represented on the program have connections to the quartet that go beyond the notes on the page.
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Democrats' new House supermajority includes a growing group of Working Families Party backed membersThe national midterm blue wave that tipped the scale in governor's races helped Delaware’s Democratic Party gain a stronger foothold at Legislative Hall.
This Week on "The Green"
The 2026 Midterm Election is over, and the headline is Democratic success across the board locally and nationally.What issues prompted this “blue wave?” What does it mean for politics here in the First State, and across the country between now and the next election in 2028?To do a post-mortem on what we saw at the polls this week, we checked in with Paul Brewer, University of Delaware communications professor — previously Delaware Politics director at UD’s Center for Political Communication — and a voice we’ve leaned on regularly for perspective on the political state of play in Delaware.
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Stewart, who died Oct. 28, performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company before becoming famous as Star Trek's Picard. Critic David Bianculli has a tribute, and we listen back to a 2020 interview.
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Officials across Europe reported a fresh slew of bomb threats against multiple flights on Friday, following a string of hoaxes that have caused flight diversions this week. Two broadcasters also received security threats.
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Cult leader Paul Mackenzie was convicted of murdering 190 children and one adult after he ordered his followers to starve themselves to death in order to meet Jesus.
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Au's arrest last year was the first publicly known prosecution under Macao's national security law since it was enacted in 2009.
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The U.S. job market improved last month, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Employers added more jobs than forecasters had expected and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%.
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A judge has blocked construction of Trump's arch moments after it won federal approval to proceed. And, the Labor Department is set to release the latest jobs report today, a day after stocks plunged.