The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce has raised significant concerns about an early draft of regulations to implement a new state law requiring paid family leave. âWhile I appreciate the enormity of your task, and with no disrespect intended, I find the law and existing draft regulations to be extremely daunting and difficult to use,â Timothy M. Holly wrote on …
The $300 state tax relief rebate that nearly 800,000 Delaware residents received in 2022 will not be taxed by the federal government. The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that the First State is one of 21 states whose rebates will not be included in income because they are designated as qualified disaster payments. The General Assembly authorized the payments last …
Plans underway to improve transportation safety in Arden, Ardencroft and Ardentown would, among other things, aim to slow down traffic on the communitiesâ major roads. The next meeting on the plan, organized by the Wilmington Area Planning Council, will be Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Buzz Ware Village Center, 2119 The Highway, Arden. An 11-page …
New Castle County has started to accept credit cards and digital wallets for sewer bills â without any extra fees to users. âNO FEES!â the county announced on a insert on attention-grabbing green paper in the bills for sewer service charges that just went out. As the insert explains, the county has an arrangement with a company called Paymentus that …
A new effort to help Delawareans pay various court-imposed fines and fees as they navigate their way to better lives just got a big financial boost. The Wilmington Alliance has given $71,000 to replenish the Friendship House Fines Fund. The money will go to âlifting capias, covering new state IDs, new state driver licenses and/or Delaware birth certificates or other costs …
S Staff retention in Delawareâs prison system was an important issue at Wednesdayâs Joint Finance Committee budget hearing. Monroe Hudson, the commissioner of the Delaware Department of Correction, told Sen. Laura Sturgeon, a Democrat who represents the Greenville area, that he thinks the department has made progress since 2017. It now has 2,647 full-time employees, the most since at least …
High-visibility DUI patrols are being increased throughout Delaware, starting with the long Super Bowl weekend and running through the St. Patrickâs Day weekend. Thatâs Feb. 9 through March 19. In 2022, there were 1,175 crashes, 103 serious injuries and 4,655 arrests involving impaired driving in Delaware. From Feb. 10-14 (last yearâs Super Bowl weekend), there were 72 impaired driving arrests. …
Proposals for a notoriously congested bridge (the Tyler McConnell, in North Wilmington), Delawareâs busiest intersection (Hares Corner, aka U.S. Route 13 and Delaware Route 273) and Interstate 95 in Cecil County highlight the latest regional transportation plan. The Wilmington Area Planning Council will collect comments at an open house Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Newark and online through March 6. Registration …
Wilmington has received a $200,000 grant from the new federal Safe Streets and Roads for All program. Itâs the only Delaware grant among $800 million awarded for 510 projects nationwide. The city is partnering with the Wilmington Area Planning Council on the grant. The Delaware Department of Transportation and Delaware Transit Corp. (the DelDOT unit that runs DART buses) have …
Delaware Affordable Housing Developers Facing Cost Increases Encouraged To Apply  Dover, Del., February 1, 2023 â The Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) is extending the submission deadline for the Market Pressure Relief Fund (MPRF) to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 3, 2023. Application materials can be found here: http://destatehousing.com/Developers/Developers.php. MPRF was announced in July [âŠ] The post Market Pressure …
