A legislative council voted Wednesday to create a bill that would allow all references to gender to be removed from Delaware law. The Joint Legislative Council, a bipartisan committee, unanimously approved a draft bill that would remove terms like he, she, his, hers with a noun that does not express gender. For example, in Title 14, Section 170, a student …
Town Square LIVE Weekly Review ā Jan. 12, 2023
Click on the image below to view the PDF This Weekās Top Headlines Include: Community Mt. Pleasantās Matt Auerbach named Eagles fan of 2022 Former Uber driver: Giving rider kidney āeasiest decisionā Polly Drummond waste site shut after 2nd suspicious fire Wilmingtonās new police chief is 26-year department veteran Business DuPont trailblazer given state chamberās highest award Read Aloud Delaware …
Delaware to add school libraries into statewide catalog
The Delaware Library Consortium announced Tuesday that it will spend $1 million to add school libraries into the statewide catalog. The goal is to broaden the First Stateās library catalog and provide more students an opportunity to conduct research or read for pleasure. āOver the years it seems like everything around literacy has been tweaked except school libraries, until now,ā …
Lawmakers work to ensure low-income, disabled get relief checks
When Bridgeville resident Debra Dawson learned that Delaware lawmakers had announced a plan to give every Delawarean $300 in direct financial relief, she was elated.Ā Dawson, 61, relies entirely on Social Security Disability Insurance to live. She worked since she was 16 and paid into the system for decades. In 2012, a series of debilitating health events forced Dawson into …
Bills to add mental health help in schools sent to House floor
Two bills moving to the House floor would put millions into mental health positions in Delaware’s middle school and high school. The House Education Committee on Wednesday unanimously voted to release two bills focused on putting additional mental health resources into Delaware schools. House Bills 300 and 301 serve as an extension of House Bill 100, legislation passed …
State Democrat leaders condemn Brady for racist speech
Rep. Gerald L. Brady House Democratic leaders condemned one of its own Tuesday after an email was uncovered in which he joked about human sex trafficking and referred to women of Asian descent as āchink broads.ā Rep. Gerald Brady, D-Trolley Square, sent the message from his state email June 27 in response to a plea from an out-of-state advocate …