Delaware Public Media
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.
Delaware River and Bay Authority
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Delaware Public Media
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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 Public Media
Veterans Day is this Tuesday and this year, Delaware can point to an increased commitment to the 72,000 vets living in the First State.Earlier this year, state lawmakers passed and Gov. Matt Meyer signed legislation creating Delaware’s first state-level Department of Veterans Affairs with a cabinet-level secretary.Meyer then selected Retired Brigadier General Karen Berry as the first Veterans Affairs Secretary. She stepped into the role October 1.This week, Retired Brigadier General Karen Berry to discuss the new Department of Veterans Affairs and how she plans to build it.
NPR National and World Headlines
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Lawyers for former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James asked a judge to dismiss their cases, arguing prosecutor Lindsay Halligan was illegally appointed. -
This is Pinkney's second Medicaid roundtable since August, and she stresses they come as the state copes with the impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on healthcare - especially on rural populations. -
U.S. Catholic bishops gathered in Baltimore, where they elected new leaders, responded to Pope Leo's call to speak on immigration and issued new directives on transgender care for Catholic hospitals.
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Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children.
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Now that the government shutdown is over, federal number crunchers are back at work. It could take time, though, to make up for the jobs reports and inflation scorecards we missed in the last 6 weeks.
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Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave discuss new findings about the ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus, the secrets behind chameleons' eye movements and the energy use behind AI computing.
Student Spotlight
- Irreverent Warriors hit the road to build awareness - and raise money for a family need
- Seed library offer opportunity to grow your garden
- Thinking of bee-coming a beekeeper? This series of classes could help
- Frozen Fun: Dover's Fire & Ice Festival
- Biggs Museum highlights African American traditions and culture in holiday exhibition
- Scouting facility welcomes fall 5k run