McBride says her Protect Medicaid Act of 2024 would bring Delaware’s Medicaid program its largest ongoing infusion of federal funding since the Affordable Care Act.
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Delaware State Champion Maiss Hussein moves on to compete at the National Poetry Out Loud Finals in Washington, D.C., April 30th to May 2nd
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The First State already announced it would not host a Democratic Presidential Primary after President Joe Biden was the only candidate to file, but the future of a Republican Presidential Primary is in limbo.
This Week on "The Green"
It’s been four years since the COVID-19 pandemic first started, keeping students out of the classroom and learning online for some time.But even when students returned to in-person learning, it appears attitudes about going to school every day had changed; chronic absenteeism in the U.S. has spiked, nearly doubling since 2020.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon spoke with ProPublica reporter Alec MacGillis – who recently wrote about absenteeism – and Delaware Secretary of Education Mark Holodick for more on chronic absenteeism and how Delaware is addressing it.
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That's the highest number in more than a decade, according to new research. Medication abortion made up a larger share of the total than in 2020.
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Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible sanctions against her for disseminating confidential emails from Dominion Voting Systems.
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Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk and junk bond creator Michael Milken were among the recipients of the 2024 Ruth Bader Ginsburg Leadership Award.
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Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation.
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The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks.
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Two new government studies found no unusual pattern of injury or illness in people with the mysterious cluster of symptoms known as Havana syndrome.