The Green - June 19, 2015

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It’s crunch time for building a 2016 budget in the General Assembly and negotiations aren’t going well.  Political Reporter James Dawson joins us to let us know where things stand on the budget and other key issues.

With 90,000 music fans descending on Dover this weekend, we talk summer tourism in the First State with Delaware Tourism Office director Linda Parkowski.

At the turn of the 20th century, newspapers engaged in fierce circulation wars, luring customers with eye-catching visuals including illustrated puzzles.  John Sloan was among the artists creating those puzzles.  In our Arts Playlist, a preview of the Delaware Art Museum's newest exhibit, "The Puzzling World of John Sloan.

We also revisit the Indian River school district’s intensive ESL program for students part of the 2014 wave of Central American teens that came to the U.S. as it completes its first year.

And in our latest iSeeChange feature, science reporter Eli Chen examines what climate change may mean for the threatened piping plovers.

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Tom Byrne has been a fixture covering news in Delaware for three decades. He joined Delaware Public Media in 2010 as our first news director and has guided the news team ever since. When he's not covering the news, he can be found reading history or pursuing his love of all things athletic.