Incyte’s sale of Wilmington offices generates just 10 cents in real estate taxes
The tax payment suggests a sale price of $1 for each of the Bracebridge buildings that sit next to Rodney Square and once formed the backbone of Delaware’s credit card industry.
State continues broadband expansion program, sustainability in rural areas unclear
Despite government pushes in recent years for high speed internet to reach more residents, some rural Delawareans feel left behind by the broadband expansions and question the state’s approach to improving connectivity.
Lawmakers look to extend NCC split property tax rates, advance reassessment reforms
Lawmakers are set to introduce a bill today that would indefinitely extend New Castle County school districts’ controversial ability to tax commercial and residential properties at different rates.
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Amazon robotic facilities could quadruple tech giant’s Middletown footprint
The e-commerce giant has plans to build two robotic-centric facilities in Middletown similar to its Boxwood plant, bringing 1,500 jobs.
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Fired Dover city manager files discrimination complaint, first step toward lawsuit
Former Dover City Manager Dave Hugg, 83, filed an age-based employment discrimination complaint against the city this spring in the midst of his contentious removal from the city’s top administrative position, marking his first step toward suing over his firing.
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Farm to table: Delaware students learn about planting, harvesting through school gardens
A nonprofit gardening program offers students lessons about science and nutrition that helps them to understand where their food comes from.
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Sussex County farmers oppose plan to discourage housing on agricultural lands
Sussex County farmers are pushing back against proposed development reforms that they say could endanger their farms.
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Thomas Jefferson University picked to run Delaware’s first medical school
Delaware officials announced Tuesday the state’s first medical school, funded by hundreds of millions of dollars meant to bolster rural healthcare, will be run by Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University.
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Judge orders Delaware to turn over labor data to ICE
Delaware’s top federal judge rejected on Tuesday the state government’s attempt to withhold employment records from an ICE investigation of more than a dozen businesses.
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Delaware homeless count snafu muddles true population size
An inconsistency in the counting methods for this past winter’s annual homelessness survey leaves Delawareans without a conclusive way to compare the current number of unhoused people in the state to that of previous years.
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