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House speaker opposes casino relief approved by state Senate

The state Senate approved relief for Delaware’s three casinos Wednesday. But House Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth) says he wasn’t consulted and doesn’t support it.

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State health officials say mumps likely to continue spreading in Delaware
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Downtown Wilmington’s first new hotel in two decades opens
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New fencing at Pickering Beach is an effort to save horseshoe crabs

A group of horseshoe crab conservationists installed temporary fencing at a Kent County beach Thursday, hoping it will prevent thousands of horseshoe crabs from dying while trying to spawn.

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First State holds latest Drug Take Back Day this weekend

Bayhealth Hospital

Bayhealth says it may need to expand its brand new Perinatal Testing Unit

58th Annual Governor's Prayer Breakfast set for next week

By • Apr 25, 2018
Department of Education

The 58th Annual Governor’s Prayer Breakfast is next Thursday, May 3rd at the Modern Maturity Center in Dover; and today is the last day you can get tickets.

 


Dover police-community relations town hall seeks to foster trust

By • Apr 25, 2018

Dover Police Chief Marvin Mailey is one of several law enforcement leaders participating in a Police-Community Relations Town Hall tonight, Thursday, April 26.

 


Center for the Inland Bays, South Bethany using wetlands to treat Little Assawoman Bay issues

By • Apr 25, 2018
Delaware Center for the Inland Bays

The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays and Town of South Bethany are installing floating wetlands to alleviate water quality issues in the South Bethany Canals.

 

 

Casino relief bill clears state Senate committee

By • Apr 25, 2018
Delaware Public Media

State Sen. Brian Bushweller (D-Dover) is one step closer to revising the revenue sharing structure for casinos in Delaware. His legislation advanced out a Senate committee Wednesday.


Georgetown Library, ACLU to host presentation about racial injustice

By • Apr 25, 2018
Delaware Public Media

The Georgetown Public Library is hosting a presentation Thursday about racial injustice in Delaware.

The event, organized mainly by the ACLU of Delaware, will focus on history of the issue in the First State, as well as present day racial justice campaigns.


First State lawmakers consider giving ex-inmates free state IDs

By • Apr 25, 2018

Legislation giving inmates leaving prison official identification cleared a state Senate committee Wednesday.

School Consolidation Task Force calls for property reassessment

By • Apr 24, 2018
Delaware Public Media

The School Consolidation Task Force is offering its recommendations for improving education in the First State, but consolidating Delaware’s 19 school districts isn’t among them.

Lawmakers pass bill taking guns from people in mental health crisis

By • Apr 24, 2018
Delaware Public Media

Legislation allowing Delaware law enforcement to take guns away from people in a mental health crisis is poised to become law.


General Assembly approves Port of Wilmington privitization deal

By • Apr 24, 2018
Delaware Public Media

State lawmakers have given their blessing to a plan to put the Port of Wilmington in the hands of a private operator.

A resolution signing off on a $580 million deal with Gulftainer to lease the port for 50 years sailed through both chambers of the General Assembly Tuesday.

Delaware and Nevada set to deal New Jersey into online poker games

By • Apr 24, 2018

Players in New Jersey are set to join Delaware and Nevada in a multi-state online poker pool May 1st.


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