housing

Hearing: Nothing but love for affordable housing bills

Peter OsborneGovernment, Headlines

The words ā€œlove festā€ and ā€œlegislative hearingā€ rarely appear together, but that was the toneĀ  during a Delaware Senate Housing & Land Use committee hearing this week on a five-bill affordable housing package submitted by Sen. Russell Huxtable (D-Lewes). Sen. Marie Pinkney, D-Bear, even said sheā€™s never seen such minimal opposition to legislation like the housing package. It was promoted …

death benefits

Bill would nearly double state benefits in line of duty deaths

Katie KazimirGovernment, Headlines

A bill to raise death benefits from $200,000 to $375,000 for families of first responders who die in the line of duty passed its first committee hearing this week. Senate Bill 202 would bring Delawareā€™s benefits closer to the federal payout for public safety officers of $437,503. If passed into law, SB 202 would be retroactive to July 1, 2023, …