Delaware nixes the possibility of near-term nuclear power

Why Should Delaware Care? State lawmakers spent months debating a variety of solutions to mounting concerns related to energy supply and cost during the last legislative session. One of those efforts, a task force report focusing on the potential for …

‘Beyond the Headlines’: A look at Delaware’s recreational marijuana market after one year

This week, host Olivia Marble talks with reporter Julia Merola, who took a break from her day-to-day beat of public education to cover the first anniversary of Delaware’s recreational marijuana market. Merola, along with intern, Ella Walker, recently spoke …

Delaware Division of the Arts hands out more than $5 million in grant money

Arts and community organizations across Delaware are sharing more than $5 million in new grant funding awarded this summer by the Delaware Division of the Arts. Ranging from some of the state’s pre-eminent performing and visual arts organizations to …

Delaware's teachers still substantially short of $60,000 starting salary goal

State lawmakers have touted wanting to have Delaware's public school teachers make at least $60,000 as a starting salary, but they're several raise cycles short. According to WDEL's research, the 16 public and vo-tech school districts that have …

Delaware Healthcare Association speaks out against proposed impact fee in Dover

The Delaware Healthcare Association speaks out against proposed impact fees proposed by Dover City Council. Earlier this summer, City Council proposed charging $1 per square-foot of building space on tax-exempt properties larger than 50,000 square feet, …

Years after COVID, have Delaware schools embraced technology too much?

Some of Mrs. Rivera’s 4th-grade students come to school looking almost like little zombies, she says. Some tell her it is because they had been watching Youtube Shorts until 3 a.m.  Erin Rivera, an elementary school teacher in the Red Clay Consolidated …

Delaware court rules Ironshore must cover StoneX employee arbitration

The court said no. Read in context, the eleven employment-practice wrongs all covered claims by employees against employers - wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination. They did not stretch to an employer's claim against a departing employee. So …

Delaware school vaccine rules stay unchanged

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Audit Finds Gaps in Delaware’s Oversight of Dual Public Employment

DOVER, Del. — Delaware lacks a reliable statewide system for identifying and monitoring public employees who hold more than one taxpayer-supported position, limiting the state’s ability to determine whether workers are ever paid twice for overlapping hours …