Analysis: Delaware faces a future of outsized campaign spending
A Spotlight Delaware analysis of the last midterm election in 2022 found that roughly $1 million was spent by outside groups seeking to influence voters. This year, spending between the primary and general elections has already surpassed $3 million by outside groups.
Cause of fire at historic Black church in Wilmington ruled ‘undetermined’
More than five months after a fire destroyed the historic Mother African Union Church in Wilmington, investigators have officially classified the cause of the blaze as “undetermined.”
Neighbor opposition to Lewes pickleball complex softens following negotiations
A state-funded plan to expand a pickleball and tennis complex within The Plantations community near Lewes sparked a backlash from some neighbors this summer.
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Heavily watched Sussex County Council races become a referendum on development
Two closely-watched races for seats on the Sussex County Council have drawn outsized sums of money and could become referendums on the future of land use policy in Delaware’s booming southernmost region.
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Wilmington City Council takes Spadola fight to Delaware Supreme Court as legal bill tops $200K
The Wilmington City Council isn’t done trying to oust Councilman James Spadola, the Republican-turned-Democrat who kept his seat last month after a Chancery Court judge sided with him in a dispute over his party switch.
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UD seeks voluntary retirements amid financial turbulence
The University of Delaware has launched a voluntary retirement incentive program for staff who are eligible for retirement next year as it seeks to slim its budget “to strengthen long-term financial sustainability.”
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Proposed moratorium in Lewes raises the stakes in SB 23 backlash
The small beachside city of Lewes is considering a temporary ban on new large housing developments.
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Delaware approves more than $12M in opioid settlement grants
The Delaware Opioid Settlement Commission approved $12.75 million in grants to more than 40 anti-addiction organizations last week.
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For Delaware immigrants, the path toward citizenship can take years
Spotlight Delaware spoke with several attorneys and experts to better understand the various pathways to citizenship, and why only about half of Delaware’s 120,000 immigrants have been able to obtain it.
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‘All of the joy and grief’: Delaware family perseveres with rare, degenerative disease
An experimental gene therapy that one Delaware family called a “miracle” has been approved for wider use.
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