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Delaware joins a movement to implement state-level voting rights protections. Voting rights advocates, Delaware residents, and lawmakers rallied at the statehouse to support the Delaware John Lewis Voting Rights Act’s introduction on Friday.
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NXT Level Sports plans to build a 15,000 square foot building in the city, which will include an indoor soccer field and pickleball courts.
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The City of Lewes is mulling a location for their portable restroom pilot program.
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City Councilmember Shané Darby offered a resolution to create a transition plan for Christina Park’s unhoused residents.
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Delaware had recently seen a Department of Correction shakeup with the closure of Wilmington’s Plummer Community Corrections Center in March.Plummer housed men in a work release program that allowed them to stay close to family in northern New Castle County and find work in their community.Now, those who would have gone to Plummer are sent to a facility in Smyrna, a move that’s faced some backlash.Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee met with work release participants, advocates and the Department of Correction Commissioner to see what work release programs look like now that Plummer is gone.
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State lawmakers are taking a swing at delivering a more comprehensive approach to how large load electricity users – specifically data centers – are regulated going forward. The new legislation was introduced late last month with the hope of getting it through the General Assembly before the current session ends June 30th.Delaware Public Media contributor Jon Hurdle took a closer look at the new bill and reaction to it in his latest piece, and he joined Tom Byrne to discuss his reporting.
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Delaware lawmakers pick up the issue of property taxes again, with the end of their 153rdlegislative session in sight.
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Kent County Levy Court is considering new rules to facilitate -and regulate- data centers in central Delaware.
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Some WLC members interpreted the Department of Education's initial 80% funding cut as an effort to phase the group out.
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Gov. Meyer said the state has improved coordination between record keeping departments and moved to an automated processing system. And this week, the state announced that it's cleared more than 64 thousand cases.
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A recent filming of “The Real Houswives of Potomac” in Dewey Beach sparks discussions about potential laws for filming in town.
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All New Castle County libraries will close Sundays in July and August.