Christina to replace police officers with constables in middle schools
The Christina school board voted to retain school resource officers (SROs) at middle schools for just six months, giving the district the time to hire constables as replacements.
Get Involved: Early voting, assessment reforms, statewide planning updates, more
Early voting begins this week, leading off a slate of public meetings that include reviewing proposed hospital expansions and property assessment talks.
Sussex County hires consultant to study library funding; library leaders skeptical
The study comes in response to a failed effort earlier this year by independent library leaders to lobby Sussex County Council to raise the county’s library tax rate.
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Democratic treasurer race tops $1M in funding as outside groups join
Some of the money backing leading candidates Ted Lauzen and Michael A. Smith has come from curious sources: Republicans and artificial intelligence-backed donors, respectively.
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‘Replicate it’: Education secretary highlights bright spots amid disappointing test scores
According to proficiency scores the state released Tuesday, less than half of Delaware’s third through eighth graders read and do math at a proficient level. And just 18% of 11th-graders were proficient in math.
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Developers want to demolish the Concord Mall. What would replace it?
The Concord Mall could soon be demolished, according to plans submitted last month to New Castle County.
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Bayhealth pushes back on ChristianaCare’s downstate goals
Bayhealth has taken the first shot in what had been a looming turf war between state healthcare providers over access to the valuable southern Delaware market.
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Delaware’s Haitians face uncertain future after Trump strips immigration protections
With TPS immigration protections now gone, Delaware’s Haitian community — which nears 5,000 people — has been left reeling. Without TPS, many are unable to work, fear leaving their homes, and do not know what will come next.
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Months later, investigators still don’t know cause of fire at historic Black church
Three months after flames destroyed the Mother African Union Church building, authorities said the cause of the blaze is still “undetermined.”
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