A bill that would permit scholastic track and field competitions to include the javelin event passed the Senate Tuesday â although some coaches are not happy with the idea. Senate Bill 211, sponsored by Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, forces the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association adopt javelin as an approved event for all DIAA-sponsored track and field competitions. The bill passed …
This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Pantries, food drives spread the spirit of Thanksgiving Darius Brown: Cityâs Three Rivers area seeking development UD rally calls for ceasefire in Gaza, justice for Palestine UD launches graduate certificate on artificial intelligence View from the Baseline: First round of playoffs Click on the image below to view the PDF Sonja Frey
Companies looking to grow a business in the MidAtlantic need look no farther than Wilmington’s Three Rivers region for available real estate and for a community that will support a business and help it grow. That’s the message Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, will highlight Wednesday, Nov. 1, in his Opportunity LIVES Here symposium at the Chase Center on the Riverfront. …
Child booster seats and beer garden workers had two things in common Thursday: Bills involving each were on the Delaware Senateâs agency, and both passed handily. Senate Bill 68, sponsored by Rep. Kyle Evans Gay, D-Arden, would require children under 2 years old and under 30 pounds to be seated in a rear-facing seat with a 5-point harness. Children under …
It was a day of unanimous votes for the Delaware Senate Thursday, with 14 of the 15 items passed without any ânoâ votes. Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, was the only legislator to vote against House Substitute 1 for House Bill 34, a law that would require school boards from district and charter schools to hold public comment on each agenda …
A bill that could create a state Office of New Americans to help immigrants better integrate into life in Delaware sailed through a General Assembly committee Wednesday. Senate Bill 44, sponsored by Darius Brown, D-Wilmington, cleared the Senate Elections & Government Affairs Committee on a vote of two yes and two on the merits. On the merits means the legislator …
This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Community UDance hopes to break fundraising record for childhood cancer Sheâs back: Museum of Nature and Science sets reopening events Road worker hit by driver urges patience in construction zones Restore the Corridor speeders to get tickets starting Monday Film screening part of Rehoboth museumâs storm of â62 exhibit Learn some Delaware history at these …
Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington State Sen. Darius Brown has been reinstated as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee and member of the Senate Capital Improvement Committee. Brown, D-Wilmington, was removed from the Judiciary Committee in May 2021 after being arrested on misdemeanor offensive touching and disorderly conduct charges. He was removed from the Capital Improvement Committee in Nov. 2021 after …
This Weekâs Top Headlines Include: Community Delaware animal groups see surge of Betty White challenge donations 10 things not to miss in Delaware Art Museum exhibit closing Jan. 23 Planning Council: If I-95 is capped, what should go there? Division of the Arts announces 2022 fellowship winners Business Cannabis edibles to debut in Delaware in weeks M&T, WSFS, PNC reducing, …
Sen. Darius Brown, D-Wilmington Black Wilmington pastors and activists are divided over whether a state senator cleared of offensive touching and disorderly conduct charges should still face a Senate Ethics Committee inquiry. Several, including New Castle County Councilman Jea Street, Delaware NAACP president Richard âMouseâ Smith and the Rev. Dr. Christopher T. Curry, pastor of Ezion Fair Baptist Church, say …
