After Plummer closure, questions grow over transition to Smyrna
A month after state officials shut down Wilmington’s only prison work release program, the transition to a Smyrna substance abuse treatment center has garnered mixed reactions from lawmakers and inmates.
Sussex residents meet in Georgetown to talk affordable housing, literacy
Spotlight Delaware held its second “Breaking Bread” event in Georgetown on Monday, where attendees dined and discussed local issues.
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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Families, ex-staff allege improper sedation at Rockford psych hospital
Recent claims by former patients’ families as well as former staff members, coupled with multiple reports from state regulators, reveal a pattern of questionable — if not impermissible — druggings of vulnerable patients at the Rockford Center psychiatric hospital.
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Dover City Council fires city manager following tense public hearing
The Dover City Council officially ousted Dave Hugg from his position as city manager Monday night, ending a standoff between elected officials and the top administrative employee in Delaware’s capital city.
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Cape Henlopen schools caught up in Trump’s gender-identity rollback
The Cape Henlopen School District has been swept up into the Trump administration’s backlash against a Biden-era shift in civil rights law toward including gender identity into federally mandated protections.
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Delaware farmers feel increased strain from Iran war on fertilizer, fuel prices
Amid already razor-thin profit margins, fertilizer and fuel price increases caused by the war in Iran are putting more stress on Delaware farmers heading into the spring planting season.
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As Delaware debates primary care reform, a similar Oregon law offers insight
As Delaware’s hospital systems claim a primary care reform bill would spell armageddon for their revenues, a state on the West Coast that implemented similar measures in 2017 said it realized massive savings while hospitals only saw minor reductions in revenue.
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Delaware’s top federal judge grills labor officials over ICE subpoena
Delaware’s top federal judge grilled attorneys from the state Department of Labor as they argued against complying with federal immigration officials’ efforts to obtain information about businesses suspected of employing undocumented employees.
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Dover YMCA expands programming amid calls to address youth violence
As local elected officials celebrate the Dover YMCA’s youth programming expansion, some are skeptical about the community center’s ability to adequately serve the city’s most vulnerable kids.
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