By State Rep. Valerie Longhust
Healthcare in Delaware is expensive, there’s no getting around it. In a 2024 study Delaware Ranked 4th nationally for healthcare costs. Delawareans spent an average of $12,294 per year on healthcare. That represents a staggering 29.1% of the median income in our State. These costs are unsustainable for working families in Delaware.
Over the years we...
Evolution Gaming Group has partnered with Rush Street Interactive for its Delaware launch.
Delaware now joins the ranks of five other states where Evolution games are offered.
Through its collaboration with RSI and overseen by the Delaware Lottery, Evolution's online slot games will go live.
Evolution joins White Hat in offering online casino games through the BetRivers app, which is...
By State Rep. Danny Short
A contentious bill that would require Delaware hospitals to get state approval for their spending is sparking concern about the future of healthcare in The First State.
Sponsored by House Speaker Valerie Longhurst (D-Bear, St. Georges), House Substitute 1 for House Bill 350 seeks to create the Diamond State Hospital Cost Review Board. All hospitals in...
The Delaware State Chamber of Commerce’s workforce development affiliate, The Partnership, Inc., announced that New Castle County Councilman Jea P. Street has been honored with the John H. Taylor, Jr. Education Leadership Award for his commitment, leadership, guidance, and contributions to the Delaware education system.
Street is a graduate of Wilmington High School and the University of Delaware.
“Jea Street is an...
A bill that would put short -term rentals on the same tax footing as hotels has been introduced.
House Substitute 1 for House Bill 168 was voted out of committee early this year and was placed on the ready list for consideration.
Delaware is one of a dwindling number of states that do not impose a lodging tax on...
By Johnny Perez-Gonzalez
Delaware’s economy has seen significant improvement since 2017, when Gov. John Carney first took office.
And while Delaware’s economy has improved since then, the current state of affairs offers a different set of challenges. That includes a growing number of job openings, but fewer workers looking for work.
“Right now, there are 31,000 jobs available, but only 21,000 people...
Below is a link to the NASA site that will stream the solar eclipse on Monday afternoon. It's one way to witness the event without special glasses or other equipment.
Delaware is expected to see an 80 to 85% eclipse with the best views coming to the north.
The next total solar eclipse to occur in the U.S. won't come...
By the time you read this, the eclipse of the sun will have come and gone
We did see the entire 80 to 85% eclipse, thanks to a clear day, a rarity this month.
The solar event followed the lavishly publicized earthquake on Friday and led to a few "end of days" predictions. Coming next - a swarm of locusts.
It was...
Delaware State Police arrested Cesar Alzate-Valencia, 37, of Elmhurst, NY, and Lina Martinez-Aristizabal, 31, of Corona, NY, for multiple Apple product thefts from vehicles parked in New Castle County.
Earlier this year, troopers investigated thefts from vehicles at various locations throughout New Castle County in January and February.In each case, victims had just purchased Apple electronic products from the...
The commercial real estate brokerage firm of Marcus & Millichap announced the sale of Northbay Professional Pavilion, a medical office property located in Elkton, MD.
The property sold for $4.5 million or $228.94 per square foot. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
“Northbay Professional Pavillion was originally developed in 2008 by the sellers,” says Jacob Haslach, associate. “This asset...
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By Jacob Owens
Why Should Delaware Care?Medicaid coverage represents one of the single largest expenses in Delaware’s annual budget, totaling about a sixth of all spending in next year’s budget. A federal audit found issues with how the state office in charge...
Delaware gas prices rose by about a dozen cents a gallon in the past week as crude oil prices spiked on fears of a wider Middle East war and continued attacks on Russian refineries.
“Renewed Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure and increasing tension in the Middle East spiked oil prices recently,” said Andrew Gross, AAA spokesperson. “And...
After seeing a strong jobs report, President Joe Biden spent the weekend at his home near Greenville and returned to the campaign trail on Monday.
There were no public events over the weekend, with Biden boarding Marine One on Monday, flying to Philadelphia en route to campaign stops in the battleground state of Wisconsin. He will continue from the Madison...
On Friday, AstraZeneca held a ceremony entitled Newark Flips the Switch” at its manufacturing site south of Newark.
AstraZeneca leadership and elected officials marked the installation of 7,800 solar panels spanning 9.5 acres to power building operations and reduce site utility spending by 20 to 30%.
A release stated that by generating 5.8 million kilowatts of energy...
USGS map of area where the earthquake was felt
An earthquake centered in northern New Jersey was felt in a large area that included Delaware and portions of New England.
The United States Geological Survey reported the moderate 4.8 Richter Scale quake was located near White Horse Station, an outer suburb of New York City and home of pharmaceutical giant...
by José Ignacio Castañeda Perez
This story was produced by Spotlight Delaware, a community-powered, collaborative, nonprofit newsroom covering the First State. Learn more at spotlightdelaware.org
Why Should Delaware Care?Plans for massive warehouses to neighbor New Castle County communities incited fierce public backlash. With a development and population boom sweeping Delaware, Kent and Sussex counties could face similar issues years down the line.
The public...
Frontier Airlines continues to lay down a direct challenge to short-haul American Airlines flights in Philadelphia.
Frontier added Buffalo and Norfolk to its Philadelphia route map after announcing nonstops to American cash cow destinations like Charlotte and Pittsburgh. Detroit and Minneapolis-St. Paul, destinations served by both American and Delta, were also added to the schedule.
With these two additions, Frontier will...
Amtrak recently selected Wohlsen Construction Company as the Unified Operations Center (UOC) Facility Project contractor in Wilmington.
“One of our primary goals for the Renaissance Centre building is to create a new Amtrak Unified Operations Center to serve our nationwide rail network, which will drive enhanced reliability, efficiency, safety, and customer service,” said Amtrak Executive Vice President, Service Delivery & Operations...
Delaware now ranks near the bottom in unemployment claims, according to a report from the WalletHub financial advice site.
It marks a turnaround of sorts for a state that had one of the nation's higher jobless rates coming out of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The state's jobless rate now hovers near the national unemployment figure at 4%.
Nationwide, the job market continued...
Enstructure Wilmington Holdings LLC has received temporary permission to unload olivine sand at the Port of Wilmington.
This permission, granted on March 29 is due to a vessel being redirected from the Port of Baltimore. The permission will last for up to 60 days or until the unloading is finished.
The permission is in accordance with the Delaware Temporary Emergency...
