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From WHYY: Wilmington Hospital’s Covid unit: ‘…help people out, save lives, go home and do it again the next day’

By Cris Barrish While hospitalizations have declined of late in the state of Delaware, ChristianaCare's Wilmington Hospital Covid-19 unit remains a busy place. At one door stood Raynell Peacock, a respiratory therapist. Peacock was wearing a Powered Air Purifying Respirator, protective headgear that resembles an ice hockey helmet, and a  breathing tube that carries air that is purified in a...

(From WHYY) Cape Henlopen’s Fort Miles Museum receives an  upgrade

The wind was whipping atop the dunes in Delaware’s Cape Henlopen State Park as state leaders celebrated the opening of new amenities at the Fort Miles Museum and Historical Area. A new overlook adjacent to Battery 519 allows visitors to see the same views soldiers did while manning the guns at the fort during World War II. A new parking...

From WHYY: Delaware Senate leader vows to end all nighters

By Cris Barrish Delaware’s General Assembly has an exhausting tradition.  Lawmakers didn’t adjourn until after 8:30 a.m. on July 1, when lawmakers held an $816 million bond hostage to negotiations over raising the minimum wage. They debated as the sun was streaming into Legislative Hall even though the $4.3 billion general fund budget had been approved days earlier, and many thought...

Legislators working on new marijuana legalization measure

Marijuana legalization is expected to be considered in this year's session of the General Assembly. Last year's bill fell in a few votes short in the House. The two sponsors of the bill later decided not to run for re-election. Since the defeat of the bill in Delaware some states have been  moving toward full legalization, including neighboring New Jersey. Legislators...

Two of three convicted in first Vaughn prison riot trial (From WHYY)

A jury has found one of three inmates charged in a deadly 2017 prison riot in Delaware guilty of reckless murder and murder of a law enforcement officer while on duty. The jury convicted Dwayne Staats on all charges except for intentional murder in connection to the 18-hour uprising at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center near Smyrna, which left...

Contractor: Release of material, not explosion or fire, led to 3 injuries

A spokesman for a company working at the Delaware City Refining Co. site joined others in saying an industrial accident that injured three of its workers did not involve an explosion. "We are working on gathering as much information as we can about the incident. Importantly, there is no credible evidence of an explosion, even a minor one, despite published...

From WHYY: GOP leader criticizes appointment of legislator to new lottery job

The $95,000 a year job is creating a stir  in Dover with GOP legislative leader Greg Lavelle saying  the long-running practice of legislators getting posts in state government has to go. Click on the headline below for the full story from WHYY. https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-lawmaker-keeley-gets-newly-created-95000-a-year-lottery-post/  

From WHYY: Petition asks for special counsel to examine LLCs

Attorney General Matt Denn has been asked to assign a special counsel to examine the state's LLC law and the lack of  disclosures  The Delaware Coalition for Open Government said LLCs are sometimes used to hide money laundering, arms dealing, drug trafficking, and human trafficking activities. The petition asks for an independent counsel to study LLC laws, identify provisions allowing some...

Updated: Site of uprising at Vaughn prison to be razed

Delaware correction officials have decided to demolish the building at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center, the site of the February  2017 inmate uprising and death of Lt. Steven Floyd. Department of Correction Commissioner Perry Phelps announced plans on Tuesday. Gov. John Carney stated:  “The building is a constant reminder of the senseless, brutal murder of one of one of DOC’s dedicated...

In closing argument,  attorney  says  ex-Wilm. Trust president  acted in good faith (WHYY

Closing arguments continued Tuesday during the seventh week in the trial of four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud. Defense attorneys argued that financial documents and emails presented in the trial prove their clients were acting in “good faith” in how they handled overdue loans. “It’s not a crime to be wrong. It’s not a crime to have bad...

Witnesses  offer testimony on defendants’ character in Wilm. Trust trial

By Zoe Read Defense attorneys representing four former Wilmington Trust executives accused of bank fraud called on religious leaders and accounting experts to attest to their clients’ good character during the sixth week of their trial. On Tuesday, attorneys for Robert Harra, David Gibson, William North and Kevyn Rakowski argued data, emails and character testimony indicate there was no criminal intent...

Delaware revenue projection rises by $101 million (From WHYY News)

By Zoe Read, WHYY Delaware’s revenue projections for the next fiscal year remain positive as personal income tax and abandoned property collections are estimated to bring in additional dollars. The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council estimates the state will have an additional $101 million to work with between the current and next budget year. Since DEFAC’s last estimate in December, projected...

Emergency room visits for overdoses skyrocketing in Delaware, Pennsylvania

Emergency department visits for opioid overdoses are up nationwide, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. They increased by 81 percent last year in Pennsylvania and by 105 percent in Delaware, the second-highest level in the nation. In Delaware, ERs reported 596 opioid-related overdose visits in the third quarter of 2017 — more than double the number during...

Conquering Eagles greeted at airport; parade slated for Thursday

By the time the Eagles landed at Philadelphia International Airport Monday afternoon, the location and timing of their arrival were the worst kept secrets in Southwest Philadelphia. Officials purposefully did not publicize the return of Philadelphia’s favorite sons in order to control crowd sizes. But, by around 2:30 p.m., hundreds of fans lined a plastic fence along the airport’s perimeter...

Carney’s proposed budget ups spending by nearly 3.5% with no tax increase

(Full budget address above) A pay raise for state employees and a $100 million boost for capital projects show how Delaware Governor John Carney's spending plan is very different from last year's bare-bones budget. What a financial difference a year makes. Carney presented his second budget proposal to state lawmakers Thursday. Carney's plan grows the budget by 3.49 percent. It...
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