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Seaford passes new budget with tax and fee increases

Martin Matheny

While electricity rates will remain steady, taxes and water and sewer fees will see a modest increase.

Bente Bouthier

Delaware Public Media

Politics & Government

With coming iLottery expansion, one bill looks to protect brick and mortar partners

Bente Bouthier

Delaware Public Media

Politics & Government

DOJ convicts man responsible for car crash, death and injuries on Newark Main Street

Abigail Lee

Wilmington Mayor John Carney defends unhoused community site closure

Abigail Lee

While Carney's administration and City Council are working on more sustainable housing solutions, not all residents are guaranteed housing once the park closes.
Roman Battaglia

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Delaware Public Media

Dover Electric proposes $110 million for its FY27 budget

Isreal Hale

Dover City Council holds a public hearing on its electric budget after signaling rate hikes in the city.

This Week on "The Green"

The Delaware Department of Correction closed the Plummer Community Corrections Center in March despite local pushback. Most people originally bound for Plummer before March were sent to Smyrna’s Community Corrections Treatment Center.

Abigail Lee

Delaware Public Media

Politics & Government

What is the cost of closing Wilmington's only work release program?

Abigail Lee

Delaware had recently seen a Department of Correction shakeup with the closure of Wilmington’s Plummer Community Corrections Center in March.Plummer housed men in a work release program that allowed them to stay close to family in northern New Castle County and find work in their community.Now, those who would have gone to Plummer are sent to a facility in Smyrna, a move that’s faced some backlash.Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee met with work release participants, advocates and the Department of Correction Commissioner to see what work release programs look like now that Plummer is gone.

A row of black metal server rack cabinets with yellow and blue cables and green and yellow lights

Taylor Vick

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Politics & Government

New bill updates effort to shield Delawareans from high electric rates tied to data centers

Jon Hurdle

A group of people in white labcoats and protective eyegear stand facing forward smiling

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Science, Health, Tech

How new gene research could affect future colorectal cancer treatment

Joe Irizarry

Left side image - a man in an old soldier's uniform with a red coat and a black hat stands in front of an open canvas tent with a wooden desk and a chair. Right side image - Spectators watch as a procession of men dressed in old soldier's uniforms carrying muskets and marching drums walk down a street for a parade with brick buildings in the background.

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Culture, Lifestyle & Sports

History Matters: Separation Day and Delaware 250 celebrations

Martin Matheny

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Veterans and relatives see no place for Trump's arch near Arlington National Cemetery

Rachel Treisman

Three Vietnam War veterans are suing to stop President Trump from building an arch just steps from Arlington National Cemetery, where 400,000 service members, veterans and their relatives are buried.
NPR Headlines

Report: ICE wasted millions, endangered detainees in largest immigration facility

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

Since the opening of Camp East Montana in Texas last year, immigration lawyers and rights advocates have expressed concerns about conditions inside the facility.
NPR Headlines

The theory taking the rich by storm: China funds data center haters

Geoff Brumfiel

Tech millionaires claim China is behind a wave of local opposition to U.S. data centers, while providing little direct evidence.
The unexpected origins of Lorem Ipsum, the world's most famous filler text

Here & Now Newsroom

Designed as a placeholder for work-in-progress documents, those quasi-Latin words now appear on mugs, tote bags and T-shirts.
NPR Headlines

ICE detention centers don't provide adequate medical care, investigation finds

Here & Now Newsroom

Hundreds of detainees in at least 33 states aren’t getting necessary medications on time or at all, and infections and cancers aren’t being treated.
The typewriter that helped Octavia Butler imagine the future

Scott Tong, Will Walkey

Groundbreaking science fiction writer Octavia Butler wrote her first 10 novels on a powder blue manual typewriter, now an artifact in the Smithsonian Institution's collection.

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