Sam Haut, Delaware Live

The Warehouse opens youth workforce skills center

Sam HautGovernment, Headlines

A new Wilmington Center will house a program that helps teens and young adults develop workforce skills. The Warehouse’s RISE Center, which stands for Reaching and Investing in Youth for Sustainable Development, offers 12 weeks of training for youths ages 14 through 24. Programming is split by age, with one session for teens between the ages of 14 and 18 …

State Benefits Committee

Benefits Committee extends retiree health plans for 1 year

Betsy PriceGovernment, Headlines

Acting under emergency powers, the State Employment Benefit Committee voted Monday to continue state retiree health plans as they are through 2023. Rates will remain the same as they were for this year. That move did not stop retirees and their ringleaders from laying into the committee in a public comment session after the vote. Thomas Pledgie told the committee …