The only Republican woman in Delaware’s General Assembly announced her resignation Wednesday morning. Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown/Millsboro, said she was moving out of her district just over the line into another one, after serving for 14 years. “To many, this is no surprise since I have been candid and open about the impending changes,” she said in a statement. …
8 bills pass Senate, ready to become Delaware law
Eight bills were discussed and passed through the Senate Thursday and are heading to Gov. John Carney’s desk for signature in what is the last week of the legislative session. Here’s what is set to become law: House Bill 65, also sponsored by Rep. Debra Heffernan, D-Brandywine Hundred South, provides state employees who suffer a miscarriage, stillbirth or other loss, …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – June 15, 2023
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community Candlelight whodunnit makes you wonder who’s really who Tony Award winner starred in Delaware Theater play last year Playhouse season to include familiar shows, famous names Business How’s the Del. housing market? Depends on who you talk to Land cleared for multi-use Silverside Road development …
TownSquareLIVE Weekly Review – April 6, 2023
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Community She wanted to help. Now Wingmom serves 5,000 clients Ministry of Caring to cut 3 Wilm. housing program St. Georges Bridge to close, starting Tuesday, for 18 months Del. plans giant statue of Aubrey Plaza’s April Ludgate Kalmar Nyckel center unveils painting of ship’s last …
Ministry of Caring to cut 3 Wilm. housing programs
Wilmington’s Ministry of Caring is cutting three programs that provide housing to homeless people and AIDS patients because of federal funding cuts. The cuts are a result of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development slashing $685,991 from the ministry’s $10 million budget. “Without our services, these people are going to end up back on the streets and perhaps …
2022 Rewind: History favors Ramone, numbers favor Burns in Pike Creek race
This story was originally published in October 2022 A suburban New Castle County race for state House is turning into one of most hotly-contested battles of this year’s general election. Incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Ramone, who has been in office since 2009, faces Democrat Dr. Frank Burns for the South Pike Creek seat — one of the last held by Republicans in the …
2022 Rewind: Republican Party must change to win, leaders say
This story was originally published in November 2022. Republicans did not fare well in Delaware’s Nov. 8 election. Democrats widened their majority in the state Senate, maintained the balance of power in the House, and won every election for statewide elected offices. In the wake of the Republican wallop, some party leaders are hoping the party will begin to move …
ICYMI: Delaware GOP needs to change, leaders say
Republicans did not fare well in Delaware’s Nov. 8 election. Democrats widened their majority in the state Senate, maintained the balance of power in the House, and won every election for statewide elected offices. In the wake of the Republican wallop, some party leaders are hoping the party will begin to move in a more productive direction — one that …
Delaware GOP leaders: Party needs change to win
Republicans did not fare well in Delaware’s Nov. 8 election. Democrats widened their majority in the state Senate, maintained the balance of power in the House, and won every election for statewide elected offices. In the wake of the Republican wallop, some party leaders are hoping the party will begin to move in a more productive direction — one that …
Voters head to the polls in Delaware’s general election
With hours to go before polls close, nearly 200,000 Delawareans have already cast their ballots in the 2022 general election. If you haven’t voted yet (and you want to), here’s where you should go and what you should do. Of the votes already cast, about 48% have been by Democrats, 33% by Republicans, and 18% by people who belong to …