League of Women Voters proposed redistricting of Sussex County. Delaware’s state House and Senate districts must be redrawn and approved by Nov. 7, but legislative leaders have yet to announce a date to convene a special session to vote on the new district lines. In August, a broad coalition of community organizations sent an open letter calling on Democratic House …
Delaware’s average of new positive cases dropped to 20.6%, a full 10 percentage points down from last week, as the number of vaccinated people creeped closer to President Biden’s goal of 70% of those eligible for shots. The Delaware Division of Public Health also said Friday that 13 deaths were reported last week, 11 of them from a …
Delaware’s COVID-19 new cases, percentage of cases testing positive and hospitalizations all continue to fall, as the state widens ways to get vaccines near your home. Of note: No additional deaths were reported in the last week, with 1,679 Delawareans having died from the virus. As of Thursday, the state has had a total of 109,501 positive cases of COVID-19 …
The bill would require all law enforcement and some correction and other officers to wear a body camera
Senate Bill 15 was already listed on the full Senate agenda for Thursday before the hearing took place.
An email from a Democrat staff says the special session is likely to be in September and may deal with issues other than redistricting.
Redrawing districts normally would happen in January, but because federal census data may not until summer, a special session will be called
This budget allowed Carney to restore things like a focus on clean water that he had to drop last year when COVID clobbered revenues.
Vault Health will give shots to underserved seniors in Wilmington; testing giant Curative will begin giving vaccine; and hospitals and pharamacies will vaccinate seniors.
Bill sponsors say exempting unemployment payments could save those workers a total of $21 million.
