WILMINGTON — Has Attorney General Kathy Jennings finally closed the books on Adolph Jay Pokorny, arguably one of the worst landlords the city has seen in the past 50 years? Jennings secured a settlement on Tuesday from Pokorny to end his nearly 50-year tenure as what many lawmakers, renters, and others have described as a slumlord — and worse. Jennings …
The Delaware Department of Justice will monitor the meetings of Christina School Districtâs board of education for the next year. Every year, the General Assembly creates a grants-in-aid bill, which outlines the stateâs investments in government agencies and nonprofits, like senior centers, veterans organizations and fire companies, for example. The bill appeared to be business-as-usual, but the penultimate section of …
The First State is one of 12 involved in a national $30 million order against a student lender for malpractice. Attorney General Kathy Jenningsâ office worked with the federal Consumer Protection Financial Bureau and 11 other states to crack down on the bankrupt student lender Prehired. A Delaware bankruptcy court approved a stipulated judgment that requires Prehired to pay more …
The legalization of marijuana in Delaware will mean the stateâs police agencies stop ticketing people for having it, but theyâll continue to pull people over for appearing to be under the influence. Police already had stopped charging people with criminal possession for small amounts of pot in 2019, when Attorney General Kathy Jennings said she would no longer prosecute for …
While retail theft continues to increase in Delaware, according to state police records, it doesnât seem to be happening at the level reported in some cities. âI am not aware of any widespread looting or any type of cases where there’s just been storming, just an overpowering into an establishment,â said Jason Hatchell, public information officer for the Delaware State …
State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness, who on July 1 was found guilty of three misdemeanor corruption charges, has asked the judge in her trial to overrule the juryâs verdict. Separately, defense attorney Steve Wood asked Superior Court Judge William Carpenter Jr. to grant a new trial on the three counts on which she was found guilty, citing numerous perceived errors made …
