Despite strong opposition from the state's hospital systems, a bill to review and approve their budgets passed the Delaware House.
House Bill 351 was sponsored by House Speaker Valerie Longhurst, D-Bear/Delaware City. The measure passed 21-16, with four absent. All Republican representatives voted no or absent.
The legislation would create the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board, which would be made...
Dover's NASCAR weekend gets underway with a trio of races, food, and entertainment.
Legendary driver Richard Petty will be honored on the 75th anniversary of the family's relationship with NASCAR and numerous driver autograph sessions have been announced.
On Sunday, NASCAR driver. Jimmie Johnson will work to add to his status as the driver winning the most races at...
The LYCRA Company, is launching a new type of fiber for stretch denim.
LYCRA FitSense denim technology is designed to provide a solution to consumers of all body types and shapes, a release stated. FitSense made its debut at an industry event in Amsterdam.
“Targeted support is engineered into stretch jeans using our technology, new fabric construction, and precision...
New Castle County Division of Police arrested former WSFS employee Latia Wynn, 25, also known as Itiyya Wynn of Wilmington on multiple charges.
In February, Officers were called to a residence on Constitution Boulevard and met with the family of a person who had died in a traffic accident.
The family was in the process of closing the individual's...
Delaware gas prices continued to climb, despite a drop in crude oil prices and weaker demand.
The price at the pump rose 12 cents a gallon in Delaware during the past week. Despite the state's lower gas taxes, prices are now approaching the national average.
“Domestic gas demand is pretty pokey at the moment, which is often the case in the...
Incyte has agreed to acquire Escient Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage company with a promising dermatology candidate. The price tag is $750 million.
“As a company dedicated to innovation and the discovery of transformative medicines, we are excited to add EP262 and EP547 to our portfolio. This acquisition builds on our strategy to develop differentiated and first-in-class medicines with high potential,” said Hervé...
Phase Sensitive Innovations (PSI) – a veteran-owned University of Delaware spinoff that specializes in radio-frequency components, devices and systems – will expand operations in Newark.
The Delaware Prosperity Partnership, the state's private economic development agency, consulted with PSI for several years and worked with the company since mid-2023 on growth opportunities. DPP supported PSI’s request to the Delaware Council on Development...
By Karl Baker
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New Castle County employees are taking over the day-to-day operations of the Hope Center homeless shelter from a hotel company that had held the contract to manage the facility ever since it launched during the height of the COVID pandemic.
The company,...
DāSTOR acquired a data center at 3 Boulden Circle in New Castle.
The site has more than 30,000 square feet of raised floor. The seller was not listed. It's the second Delaware data center for DāSTOR, which has another site in downtown Wilmington.
The location along the I-95 corridor provides multiple connectivity options from various network providers and is...
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday for the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals’ (NIIMBL) new Securing American Biomanufacturing Research and Education (SABRE) Center on the University of Delaware's STAR Campus in Newark.
The SABRE Center will serve as a pilot-scale biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility to support the work of NIIMBL and enable the growth of the larger biopharmaceutical...
A bill that would halt the loss of work tools and raise the dollar limit for houses that could be lost during bankruptcy proceedings passed the House on a vote of 37 yes and three absent..
House Bill 318 increases the exemption in bankruptcy and other debt proceedings for a filer's personal residence (homestead exemption) from $125,000 to...
The Wilmington corporate law firms of Richards, Layton & Finger, Potter Anderson, and Young Conaway announced that their starting salaries for associates have increased to $210,000, effective immediately.
A release from Richards Layton stated that the decision "reflects our pledge to recruit the most accomplished, talented law students and retain our dedicated, high-performing associates."
“We value our associates and their...
A man from Bear has been charged with aggravating menacing at a News Journal distribution center.
The man was identified as Yonghua Xu, 43.
In the late morning of April 17, Delaware State Police were called to a reported aggravated menacing at the News Journal Company, 139 Rickey Boulevard in Bear.
Troopers were told Xu, and the individual worked...
The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is partnering with the Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to provide additional support to small business owners seeking loans from a federal program that the state oversees in Delaware.
DSB has awarded SBDC $675,423 in funding to provide Technical Assistance to small business owners for the State Small Business Credit...
Hangar 916 opened its doors for the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Dover Air Force Base last week.
The massive hanger provides maintenance crews with all-weather access to transport aircraft based at Dover.
Archer Western Federal Joint Venture served as contractor for the 84,000-square-foot facility, which is a "fuel cell hangar" designed with special ventilation, fire, mechanical, and electrical safety measures.
The new...
Delaware’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in March was 3.9%, down from 4% in February 2024.
The Delaware Department of Labor reported 20,000 unemployed Delawareans in March compared to 19,500 in March 2023.
The nation's jobless rate was 3.8% in March, down from 3.9% in February. In March 2023, the U.S. unemployment rate was 3.5%, while the Delaware rate was 3.9%.
Delaware's...
Delaware State Police arrested Jane Fencer, 55, of Townsend, for making fraudulent credit card purchases through her Middletown-based travel agency, Wanderlust Tours and Travel.
On January 26, troopers received a report of multiple unauthorized credit card purchases made through Wanderlust Tours and Travel, 717 South Cox St. in Middletown.
Troopers learned that in December 2023, Fencer allegedly used a...
No Express stores are closing in Delaware following a Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in Delaware.
The company announced that a consortium that includes WHP Global and participants, including a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties, may buy a substantial majority of the company’s retail stores and operations.
Express has a store in Christiana Mall...
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Today is Earth Day, and for some, it has become a curious artifact of the "hippy-dippy" era of the 1960s and '70s.
Earth Day did have its roots in the counterculture and the antiwar movement of the 1960s.
Wisconsin U.S. Sen. Gaylord Nelson believed the passion he witnessed in the antiwar movement could be used to address a nation struggling with...
A hearing is slated for Wednesday on a bill that would allow Delaware to acquire electricity from offshore wind farms.
The hearing by the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation Committee is scheduled for 1 p.m.
The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Stephanie Hansen, D-Middletown, authorizes the State Energy Office, with the approval of the Public Service Commission to...
