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Gov. Matt Meyer presents his fiscal year 2026 state budget Thursday at the Delaware Public Archives in Dover, Del.

Sarah Petrowich

Delaware Public Media

Gov. Matt Meyer releases FY26 state budget proposal, includes new tax plan as recession looms

Sarah Petrowich

Gov. Matt Meyer releases his fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, suggesting various tax increases and new personal income tax brackets.

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News

Delaware’s Department of Insurance responds to insurance companies using drones

Joe Irizarry

A group of people in the background stand in front of a building under construction. A man in the foreground stands at a podium labeled "Delaware State University."

Abigail Lee

Delaware Public Media

Education

Delaware State University constructs its first new academic buildings in a decade

Abigail Lee

Possible cuts to HIV prevention funding cause alarm among advocates

Martin Matheny

Federal money plays a major role in funding the state’s HIV prevention strategies. Much of the state Division of Public Health’s $1.1 million budget comes from the CDC.
Delaware Public Media

Slate of school board reform bills head to Delaware House for consideration

Sarah Petrowich

The House Education Committee moves six bills forward that would provide substantial reform to school board meetings and member requirements.

This Week on "The Green"

New State Housing Director Matthew Heckles during his confirmation hearing before the Delaware State Senate.

DSHA

Politics & Government

New State Housing Director Matthew Heckles discusses plans to tackle Delaware’s housing crisis

Abigail Lee

Delaware has a new leader tasked with addressing one of the state’s most pressing challenges – housing, specifically affordable housing.Matthew Heckles now leads the Delaware State Housing Authority, and he’s no stranger to the agency. He previously served as a legislative and policy advisor for DSHA and more recently as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Abigail Lee sat down with Heckles to discuss his plans to tackle the state’s housing crisis and make housing more accessible for Delawareans.

Migratory waterfowl, such as Canadian Geese, are the natural reservoir of avian influenza.

Stock Up

Science, Health, Tech

Delaware works to contain bird flu amid growing concerns to the state’s poultry industry

Kyle McKinnon

Fraud targeting seniors and older adults is becoming more prevalent, especially financial scams.

Stock Up

Science, Health, Tech

Fighting fraud against seniors as financial losses climb

Joe Irizarry

First State Ballet Theatre is bringing Shakespeare’s ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to The Grand in Wilmington on April 5-6.

Kyle McKinnon

Delaware Public Media

Arts

Arts Playlist: First State Ballet reimagines ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ with a Ukrainian twist

Martin Matheny

NPR National and World Headlines

NPR Headlines

USAID terminates nearly all its remaining employees

Fatma Tanis

The remaining USAID employees were given an end-of-employment date in an email sent out today.
NPR Headlines

Authorities say a babysitter checked under the bed for monsters — and found someone

Rachel Treisman

Kansas authorities say a babysitter went to refute a kid's claims of a monster under their bed, but "came face-to-face with a male suspect who was hiding there." They later arrested a 27-year-old man.
NPR Headlines

What Ramadan has been like this year in Gaza, from ceasefire to war

Anas Baba

For the first week of Ramadan, Palestinians in Gaza marked the holy month with a respite from war. Then Israel broke a ceasefire with Hamas. The fighting and blockade mean there's little to celebrate.
NPR Headlines

Vance tells Greenlanders they'd be better off being part of the United States

Franco Ordoñez

Vice President Vance toured a U.S. military base in Greenland on Friday and blasted Denmark for not investing enough in the territory.
NPR Headlines

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, has its billion dollar grant cut by Trump administration

Fran Kritz

Gavi, which helps countries purchase and distribute vaccines, is among thousands of programs determined to be "inconsistent with the national interest or Agency policy priorities."
NPR Headlines

Trump asks Supreme Court to allow deportations under Alien Enemies Act

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

The American Civil Liberties Union and Democracy Forward sued the Trump administration over its use of the wartime law to quickly deport people, which they say violates due process.

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