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The first votes in the 2020 Democratic race for President were cast this week. The Iowa caucuses usually help define the race a bit by convincing some candidates their run is no longer viable, while giving others a boost as race moves on to the first primary in New Hampshire.
But funny thing happened on the way to Granite State. An issue with an app Iowa’s Democratic Party decided to use to report Monday’s results left everyone waiting to hear those results for days, leaving them somewhat lost amid President Trump’s State of The Union and a final Senate vote on whether to remove Trump from office as the impeachment trial of the President ended.
But Iowa still matters – and to help us sort through what happened and what it means we turn to chair of the University of Delaware Department of Political Science and International Relations David Redlawsk –who's been in Iowa throughout this campaign as part of his sabbatical.
A rollback of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule in the federal Clean Water Act was finalized by the Trump administration last month. And the move is causing concern locally among state officials and local environmental groups.
Contributor Jon Hurdle caught up with representatives of both groups last week at the Delaware Wetlands conference last week on the Wilmington Riverfront – and outlines their reactions.
The Delaware Contemporary in Wilmington is hosting an exhibit in its main gallery now through the end of May.
Gesture of Motion: Visualizing the Theory of Relativity is the brainchild of Korean-born artist Haeley Kyong, who currently lives in New Jersey.
And in this week’s Arts Playlist, The Delaware Contemporary’s curator of contemporary art Katherine Page joins Delaware Public Media’s Kelli Steele to tell us more about this exhibit.
The virulent strain of Dutch Elm Disease caused the death of most of America’s elm trees.
But some elms have proven to be resistant, and the U.S. Forest Service has been breeding these survivor elms for planting.
In this week’s Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Nick Ciolino talks with University of Delaware Professor of Urban Forestry Tara Trammell about a project to plant these elms in urban areas to replace an aging canopy in places like Newark, Delaware.
