Lawmakers, state employees and law enforcement officers gathered at Legislative Hall Tuesday to learn how Delaware can better address the scourge of human trafficking. Delaware is one of 39 states to receive an âFâ on the Shared Hope International Child and Youth Sex Trafficking Report Card, attendees learned Tuesday. Areas the state performed the worst in include identification and response …
Delawareâs 9th Representative District is one of New Castle Countyâs last remaining Republican holdouts, and Democrat Terrell Williams, an attorney, hopes to flip the seat blue in Delawareâs Nov. 8 general election. Rep. Kevin Hensley, a Republican, has represented the district where Democrats outnumber Republicans by nearly two-to-one since 2015. The district runs along the Delaware Bayshore from the Chesapeake …
Goldey-Beacom Collegeâs president says the schoolâs use of its endowment to commit to affordable tuition landed it in the top 20% of a think tank ranking of economic mobility for institutions of higher learning. The ranking comes from Washington D.C.âs center-left think tank Third Way. It takes into consideration the amount of time it takes low-income students to recoup the …
A change to the health insurance held by retirees of Delawareâs state government is causing an uproar. The stateâs requirement that retirees and pensioners switch from original Medicare to a specially-tailored Medicare Advantage plan has led to charges that retirees will lose their doctors or be denied services that are currently covered. Thatâs not true, said Delaware Secretary of Human …
Juli LaBadia, the chief court reporter for the Delaware Court of Chancery, says she doesn’t dream about working on her steno machine, even after 40 years on the job. “You dream that you’re on a vacation at the beach and you have an emergency hearing and all you have is a stick and so you have to write …
Delawareâs mail-in voting law was the subject of a four-hour-long hearing before the stateâs Court of Chancery Wednesday. Vice Chancellor Nathan Cook will now decide whether the new law violates the state Constitution by allowing voters to cast their ballots from a place other than their designated polling location without having an allowed excuse under the Constitutionâs absentee voting provision. …
The Crusaders of Everett Meredith Middle School finally have a home to call their own. For the past two years, theyâve moved around as the Appoquinimink School District destroyed the original 1929 building and rebuilt it in the same location on Broad Street in Middletown. Wednesday at 6 p.m. officials will cut the ribbon to celebrate the school opening this …
The judge who oversaw the trial of Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness has thrown out one of the juryâs three guilty verdicts. He upheld their guilty verdicts on the other two charges and denied McGuinessâ request for a new trial. On July 1, McGuiness was found guilty on three misdemeanor charges of official misconduct, structuring and conflict of interest. The …
For the first time since fall 2020, Delaware teachers will not be granted paid COVID-19 leave. That means they have to use their normal sick leave if they or a family member gets sick. âThe argument can be made that we’re further away from the craziness of COVID, so I get it,â said Jennifer Saunders, whoâs taught in Red Clay …
Teachers, firemen, custodians, bus drivers and parents decked out in neon-colored vests filled the first floor hallway at Dover High School Wednesday. They were there to listen to and participate in a program focused on how to help families find each other after a school emergency. The training describes how to create a team in which each member has a …
