If a bill establishing a state board to oversee hospital budgets passes as is, it could alter or kill the deal cut with those hospitals to pay a provider tax unlocking another $100 million for Delaware’s Medicaid program. Brian Frazee, president of the Delaware Healthcare Association, warned the House Appropriations Committee that the requirement in House Bill 350 to immediately …
After a few months of consideration with plenty of public input, the Milford School District Board of Education finalized a name Monday night for its new middle school.Ā The new Milford middle school, a key component of Milford School Districtās strategic plan to accommodate rapid enrollment growth, will be called “Milford Middle School.” Opening in fall 2025, the building had …
Delaware’s hospitals soon could be governed by a politically appointed state board charged with examining and approving hospital budgets and invested with the power to demand changes and punish those that don’t meet its guidelines. House Bill 350 would create the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board under the Department of Health and Social Services. It will try to keep …
The Congressional committee thatĀ pushed for a ban or saleĀ of the social media platform TikTok is now scrutinizing a Chinese pharmaceutical company that happens to be developing a major taxpayer-supported manufacturing campus in Middletown. In January, the committeeās leadership introduced legislation that would prohibit the company called WuXi AppTec ā as well as certain other Chinese-owned firms ā from receiving federal …
Ahoy, tulip lovers. Now is the time to steer your ship toward Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where Longwood Gardens‘ waves of tulips are heading into their peak bloom for spring 2024. Seeing their 90 varieties of tulips — single blooms, double blooms and fringed — along the 600-foot Flower Garden Walk is a favorite spring outing for many. The walk featuresĀ more …
Rockwood Park and Museum, for the first time in its five-decade history as a New Castle County park, is developing a strategic plan. āThis plan is helping the museum to visualize a new mission to be of service to a wider variety of our neighbors,ā said Ryan Grover, whoās been directing Rockwood for just over two years. When interviewing for …
Longwood Gardens has announced an early holiday present for its fans: Its $250 million revitalization project — announced in 2021 as the most ambitious of its upgrades — is expected to open to the public Nov. 22, just in time for A Longwood Christmas and its deluge of visitors. It also started selling tickets for its popular Fireworks and Fountain …
Could it happen here? Thatās the question Delawareans have been asking since watching the horrific images of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing after a cargo ship rammed it last month. There are no guarantees, but efforts have been underway for 10 years to protect the Delaware Memorial Bridge from ships even larger than the Dali, which hit the Key …
A device that helps detect breast cancer has been named the Coolest Thing Made in Delaware. Hologic Inc.’s 3Dimensions Mammography System, designed to provide higher quality images and a more comfortable screening procedure for women,Ā won the state’s first Coolest Thing contest. It bested ILC Dover‘s spacesuit, Bloom Energy‘s Bloom Energy Servers and Edgewell’s Personal Care Playtex Sports Tampons in …
The words ālove festā and ālegislative hearingā rarely appear together, but that was the toneĀ during a Delaware Senate Housing & Land Use committee hearing this week on a five-bill affordable housing package submitted by Sen. Russell Huxtable (D-Lewes). Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-Bear, even said sheās never seen such minimal opposition to legislation like the housing package. It was promoted …
