State Sen. Darius Brown, D-Edgemoor State Sen. Darius Brown has been booted from yet another Senate committee following a heated altercation with a state representative. The Wilmington Democrat is alleged to have verbally abused Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle, during a Nov. 8 press event where lawmakers gathered to witness Gov. John Carneyâs signing of multiple criminal justice-related bills. “He …
The General Assembly will convene Monday, Nov. 1 to consider redistricting legislation that will define Delawareâs House and Senate districts for the next decade. Both the House and Senate have released their final proposed maps ahead of the special session. What is redistricting? Every 10 years, states must redraw their legislative districts based on the most recent federal Census …
Legislative efforts to remove Kathleen McGuiness from office seem likely to fail, based on state rules With embattled Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness refusing to step down in the wake of her criminal indictment some legislators are pursuing other means to remove her from office. Reps. Madinah Wilson-Anton, D-Newark, and Mike Smith, R-Pike Creek, have introduced a resolution asking Gov. …
Saying Delaware state employees paid three times the average drugs costs from 2018 through 2020, state Auditor Kathy McGuiness believes Express Scripts should pay Delaware back $24.5 million. âWhile the national drug inflationary rate was 4.7 percent during those three years, Delaware paid a 20.1 percent increase in prescription costs,â she said in a press release. âThatâs an abuse of …
Gov. John Carney posted this photo of the Delaware City DMV and one of the state’s first mass COVID-19 vaccination events in the winter. State Auditor Kathy McGuiness announced recently that she hopes to answer questions about how county and local governments and school districts will spend the $1.2 billion in federal COVID-19 funds by tracking the expenditures. “One …
Among changes: micro licenses to keep out Big Marijuana, social equity licenses and preventing sales of medical, recreational pot at one site.
State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness is being sued by a former employee and political opponent who alleges she was wrongfully terminated. The lawsuit was filed on the same day McGuiness was set to face trial on a slew of corruption charges in Wilmington. Her trial was ultimately relocated to Kent County where it will begin Tuesday. Kathleen Davies, a career auditor …
Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottomâscroll through the pdf, use direction arrows, zoom in or out, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”https://townsquaredelaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/TSD-Oct-14.pdf” title=”TSD Oct 14″] This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: COMMUNITY Brandywineâs Jahsha Tabron named Delaware Teacher of the Year Winterthur names longtime gardening guru Chris Strand as …
Delaware’s state auditor says she wants to know what DHSS has to hide about Medicaid. Photo by Scott Graham/Unsplash State Auditor Kathy McGuinness has filed a subpoena to force the Delaware Department of Health and Human Services to produce documentation and access relating to their approval and denial of Medicaid applications. DHSS has since filed a motion to quash …
The new owners of The Moorings say they can’t find records pf $1.1 million from the facility when it was called Cadbury at Lewes. A second Delaware nursing home has earned the unique distinction of being âunauditable,â according to State Auditor Kathy McGuinness. The Cadbury at Lewes Senior Living Community, now known as The Moorings at Lewes, failed to …
