Nick Ciolino

A recent technical error is delaying unemployment checks for many Delawareans still waiting for relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

It’s another day of decreasing metrics related to the coronavirus in Delaware. 

State officials offered plans Tuesday for the next phases of Delaware’s reopening.

Gov. John Carney spoke Tuesday in response to protests across the state against police violence and the death of George Floyd—an unarmed black man who died while in police custody in Minneapolis.

Gov. John Carney’s office issued further guidance today for summer camps and summer school programs – which are slated to remain closed as the state begins phase one of its formal reopening plan next week.

Delaware health officials announced another slow day of coronavirus spread.

State Department of Labor officials say Delaware’s unemployment rate rose to 14.3% in April. 

That’s a more than 9% increase from the month before when Gov. John Carney first declared a state of emergency in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

State officials are ramping up Delaware’s contact tracing efforts for COVID-19 as the state moves towards partial reopening and sorts through how to best use federal relief dollars. 

Sussex County is proposing reduced spending next fiscal year.

County Council unveiled its FY 2021 budget proposal this week. The plan would have the county cut costs by about 15% from the current year to a total of $157.8 million.

Delaware health officials report another day of single digit deaths and downward trending data related to COVID-19.

State officials have formally announced Amazon will open a new fulfillment center in Wilmington.

Officials say Amazon has signed the lease to rent at the site of the recently demoed General Motors’ Boxwood Road assembly plant.

Religious communities in Delaware are not rushing to reopen places of worship even though Gov. John Carney has lifted restrictions on prayer services.

Gov. John Carney issued new guidance for Delaware’s places of worship Monday as the state begins to slowly reopen.

The state is reporting a second consecutive day of single-digit deaths related to COVID-19.

Delaware health officials announced seven new deaths Monday bringing the total statewide to 297.

Delaware’s lone congressional representative was among House Democrats voting in support of another massive coronavirus relief bill. 

The House voted largely along party lines to pass the $3 trillion HEROES Act Friday.

Gov. John Carney unveiled rules for the first step of Delaware’s reopening as the state looks to begin the process on June 1st. 

The Delaware NAACP is calling on the state Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro to resign. 

The First State saw a third straight day of double digit COVID-19 related deaths Thursday, and cases to date shot past 7,000.

First State farmers markets can resume operations later this week with limitations and restrictions.

Delaware had lagged behind other states in the region in allowing the markets to reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gov. John Carney announced a goal Friday to begin the first phase of reopening Delaware on June 1st, and a plan to quadruple the state's testing capacity for COVID-19.

Delaware beaches are still largely closed, but Ocean City, Maryland is making the move to reopen its beach this weekend.