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Governor Carney Issues Statement on Senate Confirmations
Date Posted: December 16, 2024
Holiday Safety
Date Posted: December 16, 2024
Statement from Governor Carney
Date Posted: December 14, 2024
2024 Electoral College
Date Posted: December 13, 2024
Presidential Daughter Ashley Biden, Gov. Carney, DNREC Secretary Garvin Rededicate Renovated Biden Environmental Center
Date Posted: December 13, 2024
Delaware Natural Resources Police, DNREC Again Stock Santa’s Sleigh Via USMC Reserve Toys for Tots Partnership
Date Posted: December 13, 2024
Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) Open Retail License Lottery
Date Posted: December 13, 2024
Rooted in Tradition: 160 Delaware Farms Celebrate Over 100 Years
Date Posted: December 12, 2024
Governor Carney Announces Leadership Change at the Department of Transportation
Date Posted: December 12, 2024
$1.45 Million in Grants Announced to Support Homeless Services in Delaware
Date Posted: December 12, 2024
Governor Carney Announces Next Steps to Expand Access to High-Speed Broadband
Date Posted: December 11, 2024
Newly Released Federal Report Highlights Complexity of PFAS Exposure
Date Posted: December 10, 2024
Millsboro Fire
Date Posted: December 10, 2024
AG Jennings announces more than 135 charges in indictment against Wilmington-area gang
Date Posted: December 10, 2024
DNREC Approves Permits for US Wind Offshore Project
Date Posted: December 9, 2024
Delaware Paramedics Administer 250th Unit of Whole Blood for Prehospital Care
Date Posted: December 9, 2024
Laurel Fire
Date Posted: December 9, 2024
Delaware Day Adventure Begins December 7
Date Posted: December 6, 2024
E-ZPass Delaware Announces Annual Free Transponder Event
Date Posted: December 5, 2024
DSHA Celebrates Home Sweet Home For The Holidays Program And $75 Million In Additional Assistance
Date Posted: December 5, 2024
Cheswold Fire
Date Posted: December 4, 2024
Frederica Fire
Date Posted: December 4, 2024
AG Jennings reaches agreement with recidivist Wilmington landlord to shut down operations in Delaware
Date Posted: December 4, 2024
Delaware Office of Highway Safety Encourages Safe Driving Decisions for Seniors and Their Loved Ones
Date Posted: December 3, 2024
Nominations Open for 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards
Date Posted: December 3, 2024
Smyrna administrative assistant named 2025 Delaware Educational Support Professional of the Year
Date Posted: December 2, 2024
Delaware 250 Announces Fall 2024 Grant Recipients
Date Posted: December 2, 2024
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Lori Crawford’s “EnvironMental Just(ice) Mercy”
Date Posted: December 2, 2024
Winter Weather Awareness Week: December 2 to 6
Date Posted: November 27, 2024
2025 Delaware State Parks Annual Passes, Surf Fishing Permits to Go on Sale Dec. 3
Date Posted: November 27, 2024
DHSS Adds New Data and Reports to the CostAware Website
Date Posted: November 26, 2024
Delaware Celebrates National Adoption Month
Date Posted: November 26, 2024
Thanksgiving Safety 2024
Date Posted: November 26, 2024
DNREC Begins Emergency Dredging Project Restoring Beach North of Indian River Inlet
Date Posted: November 25, 2024
Burn Ban Lifted
Date Posted: November 25, 2024
Registration Open for 2025 Junior Solar Sprint
Date Posted: November 25, 2024
Celebrate the Holidays in Delaware with the Hidden Holiday Gems Passport
Date Posted: November 22, 2024
Governor Carney Proclaims November 17-23 as Delaware Apprenticeship Week
Date Posted: November 22, 2024
Governor Carney Announces Judicial Nominations
Date Posted: November 22, 2024
Delaware Office of Highway Safety Launches Sober Rides Initiative and Kicks Off Winter Holiday Road Safety Campaign
Date Posted: November 21, 2024
Governor Carney, DSB Announce Fall 2024 EDGE Grant Competition Awards
Date Posted: November 20, 2024
City Of Wilmington Celebrates Ten Years Of Downtown Development Districts
Date Posted: November 20, 2024
Division of Revenue Releases Guidance on New Short-term Rental Lodging Tax
Date Posted: November 20, 2024
DOJ secures life plus decades more in prison for domestic violence repeat offender
Date Posted: November 19, 2024
Federal Court Orders Harris Jewelry to Restore its Website and Portal for Servicemembers to Request Refunds
Date Posted: November 19, 2024
Agriculture, Food and Natural Science Students Take Home Awards from 97th National FFA Convention & Expo
Date Posted: November 19, 2024
Delaware Forest Service To Host Upcoming Wildfire Training
Date Posted: November 18, 2024
Delaware’s Sports Tourism Industry Contributed Significant Economic Impact in 2023, According to Recent Study
Date Posted: November 15, 2024
Delaware Celebrates Improvements To The Housing Assistance Application Process
Date Posted: November 15, 2024
Delaware Natural Resources Police Collecting Toys for Tots Donations for Kids
Date Posted: November 15, 2024
Delaware State Housing Authority Recognizes Mortgage Lending Community And Veterans At 2024 Annual Lender Meeting
Date Posted: November 14, 2024
Delaware Officials Unveil Harm Reduction Vending Machines
Date Posted: November 14, 2024
2025 District/Charter Educational Support Professionals of the Year Honored
Date Posted: November 14, 2024
Historical Marker Dedicated – Mount Olive Holiness Pentecostal Church in Smyrna
Date Posted: November 13, 2024
DelDOT Receives Top Bond Rating and Announces Bond Sale
Date Posted: November 12, 2024
Delaware’s Education Savings Plan Earns Silver Rating
Date Posted: November 7, 2024
Delaware Schools Receive National, State Honors
Date Posted: November 6, 2024
DNREC to Host Nov. 14 Webinar about Storm Water Management and Living Shorelines
Date Posted: November 6, 2024
Governor Carney Releases Government Efficiency and Accountability Review (GEAR) Board Report
Date Posted: November 4, 2024
DOJ secures conviction in the killing of Cynthia Amalfitano
Date Posted: November 4, 2024
AG Jennings and bipartisan coalition of 30 states announce finalization of settlement with Kroger over opioid crisis
Date Posted: November 4, 2024
Carney Administration Outlines Investments in Electric Vehicle Infrastructure
Date Posted: November 1, 2024
Open Enrollment on Delaware’s Health Insurance Marketplace Starts Nov. 1
Date Posted: November 1, 2024
AG Jennings Announces Cooperation Agreements and Settlements with Heritage and Apotex totaling $49.1 Million
Date Posted: November 1, 2024
DNREC Reopens Castle Trail Along C&D Canal Following Repairs to Storm-Damaged Section
Date Posted: October 31, 2024
Delaware Partners with American Cancer Society for 2nd Annual Lung Cancer Screening Campaign
Date Posted: October 31, 2024
OMC Provides Update on License Lottery and Selected Applicants for Delaware’s Marijuana Industry
Date Posted: October 31, 2024
Funding Awarded for Tree-Planting Projects
Date Posted: October 31, 2024
With Annual Fall Trout Stocking in White Clay Creek, DNREC Delivers Angling Opportunities
Date Posted: October 30, 2024
Carney, Carper, Coons, Blunt Rochester Announce Over $127 Million in Federal Funding to Decarbonize Port Wilmington
Date Posted: October 30, 2024
Governor Carney Launches Statewide Student Mentoring Program
Date Posted: October 29, 2024
DPH Oral Health Screening Programs Support Students’ Healthy Smiles and Expand Access to Dental Care
Date Posted: October 29, 2024
Opioid Fund Co-Chairs Release Roadmap to Recalibrate Use of Settlement Funds
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
New HSCA Rate Goes into Effect in January
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
AG Jennings resuspends financial advisor for illegally accessing former clients’ account information
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
DOJ secures more than two decades of prison time in cold case murder
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
Housing Assistance Applicants Should Update Information On Public Housing Waitlists By Nov. 22
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
Delaware Forest Service Opens Grants for Local Communities
Date Posted: October 28, 2024
Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) Conducts Lottery for Delaware’s Regulated Marijuana Industry
Date Posted: October 25, 2024
Governor Carney, with Guidance from Water Supply Coordinating Council, Declares Statewide Drought Watch
Date Posted: October 25, 2024
Tag-A-Palooza 2024
Date Posted: October 24, 2024
Office of the Marijuana Commissioner: Licensing Lottery
Date Posted: October 23, 2024
AG Jennings issues open letter to Delaware landlords urging Delaware Landlord/Tenant Code Compliance
Date Posted: October 22, 2024
New Housing Vouchers for Delaware Families
Date Posted: October 21, 2024
Piping Plover Population in Delaware Experiences Slight Decline, Offset by Higher Nesting Success
Date Posted: October 21, 2024
National Slow Down Move Over Day Observed as Delaware Sees Near Record Crashes
Date Posted: October 18, 2024
Delaware Officials Unveil New Sign to Celebrate Delaware’s Agricultural Lands Preservation Program
Date Posted: October 17, 2024
DOJ secures prison time for former trooper
Date Posted: October 16, 2024
Colonial Teacher Named Delaware 2025 Teacher of the Year
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
Governor Carney Orders Lowering of Flags
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
Delaware Faces Dry Conditions: Open Burning Ban Issued, Water Conservation Urged
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
Burning Ban
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
DelDOT Announces 4th Annual Name That Plow Contest
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
Potassium Iodide Distribution on October 24 in Townsend
Date Posted: October 15, 2024
DPH Releases Latest Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends in Delaware
Date Posted: October 14, 2024
Navarro Announces Eighth Consecutive Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease
Date Posted: October 14, 2024
Governor Carney Statement on Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s Passing
Date Posted: October 11, 2024
Delaware Celebrates $14.3 Million Climate Grant for I-95 Charging Infrastructure
Date Posted: October 10, 2024
AG Jennings Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach
Date Posted: October 10, 2024
First Spouse Tracey Quillen Carney, Delaware DOE, Delaware Readiness Teams Kick off Kindergarten Registration
Date Posted: October 9, 2024
Why Should Delaware Care?
As lawmakers face their final working day of the year, a slew of significant bills have yet to be considered. Any bill that is not approved by both chambers as of midnight June 30 is officially marked dead, and must be reintroduced in the next General Assembly that begins in January.
As the final day of the 2026 legislative session approaches on Tuesday, several bills face uncertain futures, including a slate of property tax reforms and legislation that seeks to rein in healthcare costs.
Also pending is the state’s often-contentious capital budget that would distribute nearly $1.26 billion dollars to state building projects.
The list of pending legislation remains despite a lively penultimate week in Dover during which lawmakers passed immigration enforcement reform, gun control legislation, and affordable housing requirements for municipalities.
Lawmakers also shockingly failed to advance a proposed amendment to the Delaware Constitution that would enshrine the rights to gay and interracial marriage in the state. Both are currently legal in Delaware, but an amendment would make it considerably harder for lawmakers to remove those protections.
In all, the final days of the 2026 legislative session cap off a generally subdued year of lawmaking – particularly when compared to last year’s fights over the state’s corporate franchise, the Port of Wilmington and control of zoning rules for marijuana shops and a wind-farm substation.
The session also heads toward a close as several lawmakers prepare for what is expected to be hard-fought campaigns for reelection.
What passed this week?
Lawmakers passed a slew of significant bills this past week relating to land use, immigration, education funding and part of the state’s 2027 fiscal year budget.
Those bills now will all advance to Gov. Matt Meyer’s desk to be considered for signatures or vetoes.
Senate Bill 23, which generated substantial pushback from local governments across the state, passed the House on Tuesday with an unusual mix of bipartisan support. If signed into law, the bill would require municipalities to increase housing density and incorporate additional affordable housing reforms in their comprehensive plans.
Lawmakers also passed Senate Bill 13, which would greatly increase the number of patients eligible to receive free or reduced-price treatment – often called charity care – from the state’s nonprofit hospitals.
That bill was introduced months after a Spotlight Delaware investigation called into question the charity care practices at the state’s largest healthcare system, ChristianaCare.
A pair of immigration reform bills passed the Senate on Thursday, following a lengthy debate about the role of local law enforcement in federal immigration policy.
House Bill 368 would prohibit local and state law enforcement officials from detaining individuals simply because of their immigration status. People accused of serious crimes could still be held for prosecution. House Bill 94 would ban law enforcement from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in specific spaces — schools, churches and healthcare facilities.
Two bills focused on the funding structure for public schools unanimously passed the House on Wednesday, following up on long-debated changes to how education is funded in Delaware.
Senate Bill 302 allows the state to begin implementing the new hybrid school funding formula, which allocates more money for schools with more low-income or English-language learning students. Senate Bill 303 charges the Public Education Funding Commission to continue studying education funding in future years.
Both chambers also passed the fiscal year 2027 operating budget with relatively little fanfare. The budget includes a 6.3% spending increase from last year, above the 5% growth that Gov. Meyer called for in his original budget proposal in January.
What’s left to do?
Several bills are left to be considered during the General Assembly’s final working day on Tuesday, including the state’s billion-dollar capital budget.
That bill, which requires a three-fourths majority vote in order to pass, presents a rare opportunity for Republicans to exert power over the negotiations. Democrats are currently one seat short of a three-fourths majority in the Senate and four seats short in the House, requiring them to receive at least some Republican buy-in on the final proposal.
There could be a few sticking points in bond bill negotiations, including $35 million earmarked for the expansion of Legislative Hall. It would be the third largest appropriation anywhere in the bond bill.
John Flaherty, a director of the Delaware Coalition for Open Government, decried the lack of public notice or input for such a massive project in the waning days of the legislature.
“The Delaware General Assembly is in full session for just 43 days out of the entire year. Spending $35 million to expand a complex that sits largely empty or underutilized for more than 300 days a year is an indefensible use of state revenues, especially when community-facing infrastructure projects face strict funding limits,” he said in a statement.
Other bills left to be considered include a slate of property tax reforms that were introduced earlier this month in response to the fallout from last year’s first-in-a-generation property reassessments.
Those bills, which were filed following months of committee hearings to investigate what exactly went wrong in the aftermath of reassessment, include a proposal to indefinitely extend New Castle County school districts’ controversial ability to tax commercial and residential properties at different rates.
Another healthcare-focused bill, Senate Bill 1, also remains up for consideration in the House.
A primary care reform bill that also includes price caps for government-regulated insurance plans, SB 1 was scaled back from its original form through months of negotiations with the state’s healthcare lobby.
Those changes would delay the implementation of price caps on hospital procedures, limit some state oversight in setting those caps, and completely exempt some hospitals from the law altogether.
The bill unanimously passed in the Senate last month, but it has not yet been considered in the House.
Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are set to reconvene for the final time this year at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 30. Those hearings could extend long into the night depending on how readily legislators can strike deals, reach consensus or find compromise on any number of the proposals remaining before them.
Read more from Spotlight Delaware
The Hagley Museum and Library houses a collection of patent models
The Hagley Museum and Library houses the nation’s second-largest collection of patent models, many of which the public never gets to see.
For most, 41 years of service is more than enough. For State Librarian Annie Norman, though, even retirement can’t slow her down.
“The work is never done; there’s always something to do,” she said. “I’m going to have to continue to help in other ways.”
Norman will step away this fall after 24 years as the Delaware state librarian and director of the Delaware Division of Libraries.
Throughout her tenure, Norman made waves; the director helped create the Delaware Library Consortium, which allowed all of Delaware’s Public libraries to share items, and brought the library system along during a wave of technological change. For these achievements, she was named to the Delaware Women’s Hall of Fame in 2016 and appointed by President Joe Biden as a member of the National Museum and Library Services Board.
We spoke with Norman as she wraps up an accomplished career about her proudest achievements, and the state of libraries in 2026.
Question: As you look back on your tenure, what was your proudest accomplishment?
Answer: What I’ll be known for more than anything is probably the statewide library catalog and consortium. The politics of bringing all of those libraries together, after years of there being four separate library catalogs in Delaware, took about eight years. More recently, I think bringing the school libraries into that catalog is going to be really significant. We’ve got more than 50 school libraries to be a part of the statewide catalog, something we think can really help with the literacy crisis in this state.
One of the biggest challenges of your tenure was adjusting to the large wave of technology that came about. How have you and the Delaware libraries handled it?
It’s been very systematic. We have a great IT team that helps manage for us, as well as the state funding 100% of library technologies. The growth of the iPhone has certainly had a huge impact on literacy, but we’re really just working hard to bring back the excitement of reading.
The Delaware libraries’ programming have always been a popular resource. How important do you view these offerings to local communities, and will they continue to expand?
Yes, libraries are about enrichment, which means helping support people in things like entrepreneurship, education and innovation. We’ve had libraries start up job centers, which were so successful we could expand to entrepreneurship, and even help with more basic social needs, by starting a “social innovation team” to help with more of the social services-type work.
Where we still struggle is we can only help people access Delaware systems to help with their needs, not fix things within those systems. For that reason, we always encourage these systems to work with us, so the Delaware library system can fit everyone’s needs.
Cuts toward libraries just occurred in New Castle County, with the potential for more to come. How will the library system look to stay afloat?
Because of the economy, because of federal changes, things can get difficult, it’s not the first time we’ve experienced budget cuts. We’ve progressed significantly over the years, but there is much more work to do, and I don’t know that the public understands how critical libraries and librarians are to literacy.
The power of walking into a library and being able to choose what you want to read for a child is powerful, and until people understand that, we can’t achieve our literacy goals.
Adam Denn is an intern reporter for Delaware Online/The News Journal. You can reach him at apdenn@delawareonline.com.
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DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — People in Delaware County said it feels like new housing developments are popping up on every corner.
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“What haven’t you noticed, right? The whole area just exploded,” said Scott Shonebarger.
Scott Sanders, the executive director of the Regional Planning Commission, said companies like Intel and other industries are a main driver for thousands of people moving to Delaware County.
With the big boom comes an urgent need for more housing.
John Wicks is the developer at Real Property Design and Development.
He has spent over a decade building homes for families in Delaware County.
Wicks said the Olentangy School District is one of the hottest spots for new homes.
“I started with one high school up until the 90s, then now we’re up to four up to five different high schools so it’s just a big draw,” said Wicks. “It’s a beautiful community.”
The district has grown into the fourth largest in Ohio with a new elementary school opening next year, and a fifth high school in 2028.
Wicks said the growth has presented some challenges over the years like labor shortage and some opposition.
“It’s become a big issue for a lot of people that live in and around these areas. They tend to oppose new growth and new development, so restrictions have gotten a little bit harder. Costs have obviously gone up over the last 20 years,” said Wicks.
The planning commission says between 275,000 and 350,000 people could call Delaware County home by 2040.
That’s up from 214,000 in 2020.
Scott Shonebarger said he supports growth but wonders when is enough.
“I mean to a certain extent I think you know at some point right you have to have some sort of boundaries I think, getting into the fact that now you have five high schools,” said Shonebarger. “What’s the limit?”
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