DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – May 5, 2024

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

This Week’s Review Includes: GOP’s Mike Ramone to file Monday to run for governor Changes afoot for Polly Drummond yard waste site Delaware Live wins 10 Delaware Press Association awards Jones-Potter expects to face status quo in Wilmington mayor race St. Edmond’s dedicates arena focused on STEM, gaming Lightning strikes twice as Goldey eliminates Wilmington Click on the image below …

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Delaware Live wins 10 Delaware Press Association awards

Staff WriterBusiness, Headlines

Delaware LIVE reporters won 10 awards, including five first place ones, in the 2024 Delaware Press Association 2024 Professional Communications Contest. Editor Betsy Price won three first place awards, including feature story for online publications for “Delaware Wedding: Matt Meyer, Lauren Cooksey marry in Rehoboth;” arts and entertainment coverage for “Winterthur’s Ann Lowe exhibit: History, fashion on parade;” and hobby/crafts …

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Bipartisan bill would see Inspector General at work by 2025

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

A much-debated Office of Inspector General would be up and running by early 2025, if a new bill passes the Delaware Assembly by the end of June. Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin, would create the  Office of Inspector General, an independent watchdog agency empowered to investigate waste, fraud,and abuse in the executive and legislative branches of state government with Senate Bill …

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Legislators, activists hear benefits of inspector general

Sam HautGovernment, Headlines

The idea of creating an inspector general for Delaware united multiple advocacy groups that sponsored a Zoom forum on the benefits of such a job. On Monday, 71 people attended a virtual forum hosted by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and Delaware Press Association. Also sponsoring the call were Common Cause Delaware, Delaware Poor People’s Campaign, Delaware Public Preschool …