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The outrage follows an April 7 announcement by the airline, which is Delaware’s only commercial carrier, that it entered a charter agreement with the Trump administration to carry out deportation flights.
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House Bill 110 was introduced by State Rep. Ed Osienski early this month when the FBI denied background checks for recreational marijuana business license holders who have been waiting on the sidelines to begin operations.
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Monday, April 21 marked Congresswoman Sarah McBride’s 100th day in office serving as Delaware’s lone congressional representative in Washington, D.C.McBride was sworn in on January 3, succeeding now-U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester, who represented the First State for nearly a decade.Delaware Public Media political reporter Sarah Petrowich sat down this week with the freshman representative McBride to discuss her policy focuses, fighting back against the Trump administration’s federal funding cuts, and how she’s handling attacks from the other side of the aisle surrounding her identity.
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“Some people just want to watch the world burn” is an iconic line from the 2008 Batman film “The Dark Knight,” but for some Americans, it’s more than just a line, it’s a reflection of how they actually feel about the country’s political system.That’s according to new data from the Center for Political Communication at the University of Delaware, which finds that a number of people in the U.S. have what researchers call a “need for chaos,” and it’s those with these views that are placing more trust in figures like Elon Musk, President Trump, and the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon spoke with UD Professor of Communication and Political Science Dannagal Young about how this “need for chaos” is fueling support for Musk and Trump, and what it reveals about the state of U.S. democracy.
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Parking Division field employees in Newark will be wearing body worn cameras as part of their uniforms.
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Delaware is facing yet another battle over more needs-based support or universal free school meals for all public school students.
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New Castle County Executive Marcus Henry proposes a $369 million operating budget and a $84 million capital budget for the county in his first-ever budget presentation.
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The Delaware Marijuana Control Act currently permits a state tax and does not allow counties to levy additional taxes.
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The Commission is drafting a letter to companies outlining policy recommendations.