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House lawmakers also passed two other bills Thursday, one extending the deadline for New Castle County residents to pay their property taxes and another allowing remote participation.
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The application includes 15 projects, programs and initiatives including a medical school, mobile health units and a Rural Diabetes Wellness Pilot Program. -
Tom Byrne/Delaware Public MediaSplit property tax rates created in New Council County to address post-reassessment concerns will move forward after a decision by Delaware’s Supreme Court.
This Week on "The Green"
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Delaware now has an Office of New Americans to serve and support the immigrant community.About 11% of Delaware residents are immigrants. That’s more than 115,000 people who contribute to Delaware socially and economically, according to the Office of New Americans director Rony Baltazar-Lopez.Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee sat down with Baltazar-Lopez to talk about the office’s inaugural year, which includes a listening tour with stops in all three counties.
NPR National and World Headlines
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics says it will report on September's job gains and unemployment rate next week. That's the first of many overdue economic reports held up by the government shutdown. -
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sean Ono Lennon about what his mom taught him, and the new documentary about his famous parents, One to One: John and Yoko.
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Cuts and disruptions to federal research funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice.
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As world leaders meet in Brazil to discuss climate change, Jordanians pray for rain.
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A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK faces severe cuts to its staff and news department.
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A federal bankruptcy court judge said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma's latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.
Student Spotlight
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