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LegHall parking deck designers recommend street crossing

Architects designing the proposed parking deck at Delaware Legislative Hall today recommended using a raised street crossing rather than tunnel


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Betsy Price posted at 2:38 pm

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Milford will continue with park at center of eminent domain case

Milford plans to refine its comprehensive plan and continue to build the park at the center of this month’s controversial


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Katie Kazimir posted at 5:19 pm

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Newark: inclusionary zoning could boost affordable housing

Johanna Voynak knows from first hand experience the pitfalls faced because of a lack of affordable housing. She has been


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Katie Kazimir posted at 3:35 pm

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Public Health seeks $3.5 million more in 2025 state budget

Editor’s note: This report has been updated to reflect that Medicaid is not overseen by Public Health The Delaware Division


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Jarek Rutz posted at 3:57 pm

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Del. ranked 49th in passenger fatalities in car crashes

Delaware ranks 49th – and it’s better to be at the bottom of this list – of the most dangerous


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Ken Mammarella posted at 2:51 pm

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Retirees to health insurance committee: Thank you.

A joint meeting of the House and Senate health committees only needed half the time it had allotted to listen


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Betsy Price posted at 5:49 pm

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Billboard mocks Milford mayor, council as wanted for theft

“WANTED – MILFORD CITY COUNCIL – ATTEMPTED THEFT” says a billboard featuring photos of Milford’s mayor and seven council members


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Katie Kazimir posted at 7:42 pm

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Education groups costing ⅓ of state budget face JFC

Education – what one legislator called the most important investment by the state – consumed Wednesday’s Joint Finance Committee hearing


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Jarek Rutz posted at 5:47 pm

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DNREC takes over operation of Deauville Beach in Rehoboth

Deauville Beach will be managed by the state and not the city of Rehoboth Beach after the two failed to


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Katie Kazimir posted at 5:12 pm

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NCCo gives residents 3 more weeks to pay sewer bills

New Castle County is giving residents three more weeks to pay sewer bills that it says were delayed in the


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Ken Mammarella posted at 2:16 pm

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Milford moves homeless workshop to Feb. 28; vote March 11

The Milford City Council workshop on a tiny house village for the homeless has been rescheduled for 6 p.m. Feb.


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Katie Kazimir posted at 10:46 am

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Victims’ rights task force given dozens of updating ideas

Making sure crime victims have access to police body camera footage is one of the recommendations made Monday for revising


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Katie Kazimir posted at 4:53 pm

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New legislation looks to protect beach economy and nature

Two Delaware Republicans are working on a resolution to protect the state’s beach economy and environment. Senate Republican Leader Gerald…

Jarek Rutz posted at 4:36 pm

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Victims’ Rights task force to hear updating, funding ideas

A task evaluating the Delaware’s Victims’ Bill of Rights for the first time since it was established in 1992 will…

Katie Kazimir posted at 5:02 pm

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Marijuana laws come with price tag for 2 state departments

This story has been updated to correct tax and licensing information. Marijuana – and the implications of its legalization in…

Jarek Rutz posted at 5:48 pm

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Bill would block insurance companies from using genetic tests

For decades, public health officials have fretted about insurance companies having access to  genetic testing and using the results to…

Katie Kazimir posted at 2:34 pm

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Milford moves to condemn widow’s property for bike path

  This report has been updated. The Milford City Council has voted to condemn eight acres of a widow’s property…

Betsy Price posted at 1:39 pm

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Dover committee will look at ways to help city’s homeless

The mention of a small homeless encampment on Delaware State University property has led to the launch of a Dover…

Katie Kazimir posted at 3:23 pm

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Cost of weight-loss drugs for state employees hits taxpayers

When Gov. John Carney announced last week that his Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal included more than $93 million in…

Jacob Owens posted at 10:08 am

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As stripers arrive earlier, commercial fishing season to shift

With striped bass coming into the Delaware River and bay earlier in the year as the weather warms up earlier,…

Katie Kazimir posted at 10:37 am

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Proposed law offers look at another ‘natural’ burial method

Delaware’s lawmakers are ironing out the details of an increasingly popular way Americans have dealt with death: allowing the body…

Jarek Rutz posted at 2:46 pm

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Law allowing elders to self-certify for marijuana card passes House

Another marijuana law – sponsored by the apparent champion of cannabis in the state legislature, received some opposition in the…

Jarek Rutz posted at 5:34 pm

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Carney’s proposed $6.1 billion 2025 state budget up 9% from 2024

Gov. John Carney‘s proposed 2025 state budget of $6.1 billion pours $2.1 billion into education, $2 billion on healthcare for…

Betsy Price posted at 1:07 pm

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Expanded Wilmington Airport among DRBA’s $132.7M capital plan

  The Delaware River and Bay Authority will spend $6.6 million to improve and expand the Wilmington Airport terminal, according…

Ken Mammarella posted at 4:48 pm

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