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Spending on back-to-school supplies is predicted to decline this year, for the first time since 2014. With inflation top of mind, parents and teachers are looking for ways to save money.

Food and beverage franchises are celebrating the eclipse with discounts and special offers for customers across the U.S., regardless of whether they're in the path of totality.

After their party's election losses in November, House Democrats are looking to regroup with a shuffle in leadership.

The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president, clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production on the coin, whose size and denomination are still under discussion.

It’s that time of year: A big football game! Ads worth watching! Half-time entertainment! And this year, there's an added bonus: A major pop star.

A plan to develop the former Brandywine Country Club in Brandywine Hundred faces some roadblocks to approval.The biggest appears to be motor vehicle access to the proposed apartment and single-family housing project.Contributor Larry Nagengast initially reported on this plan earlier this fall and this week updates where it stands.

We don’t know how many enslaved people Founding Father John Dickinson and his family owned. But historians say, in Dickinson’s era, they were not meant to be remembered.That’s changing after the discovery of an African burial ground at the Dickinson Plantation near Dover.Delaware Public Media’s Roman Battaglia reports guided tours of the site allow visitors to reflect on the lives of those who lived and died there.

Over the past couple of years, contributor Larry Nagengast has delved into a variety of historic preservation efforts and issues in New Castle County, chronicling the various successes and failures to save buildings of historic value and give some a new lease on life.This week, he picks up that coverage in Southern New Castle County, examining the fate of the nearly 200-year-old Achmester estate near Middletown, which appears on its way to being lost. But in this case the owner letting it slide into oblivion may surprise you.

Next week, there’s an extra day tacked onto the end of February known as Leap Day; a necessary calendar quirk that pops up every four years.But just like every other day of the year, thousands of babies are born on Leap Day, which puts them in the unusual position of only having a birthday every four years.In this week’s edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Rachel Sawicki talks with some Delawareans about life as a Leap Day baby.

A 200-year-old hilltop mansion in Wilmington that once faced demolition now has a new lease on life.The Brown House is expected to offer apartments and community space under an agreement between The Wilmington Housing Partnership and a local developer.This week, Delaware Public Media contributor Larry Nagengast reports on this new agreement to reimagine the historic Browntown property.