Legislative leaders and women’s reproductive health advocates gathered to celebrate the landmark piece of legislation, making Delaware only the fifth state to require private insurers to cover termination of pregnancies.

Education funding remains a front-burner issue in the First State, but how it will be addressed and how quickly remains up in the air.Last year, the state received an independent report recommending it spend $600 million to $1 billion more annually on education and revamp its education funding system. Earlier this year, lawmakers created the Public Education Funding Commission to examine the report and offer its own recommendations on how to proceed.That group met for the first time last month and contributor Larry Nagengast reports that there are already questions about how quickly it can do its work and provide a path forward.