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Delaware Public Media
Lawmakers push three bills forward in an attempt to curb rising energy costs while testifying against further Delmarva Power rate increases.
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Delaware Public Media
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Rachel Sawicki/Delaware Public MediaThe school's president is planning to welcome 35 students. Most students are freshman with a few sophomores. -
DNRECMore than half the state is experiencing a severe drought, with the rest of the state seeing moderate drought conditions. That, along with the current weather, makes wildfires more likely.
This Week on "The Green"
Cynthia 'Cindy' Marten
The Public Education Funding Commission meets again on Monday to continue its work to deliver a more equitable state education funding formula.The Commission is expected to consider multiple models for a new formula as it moves forward this year. Gov. Matt Meyer is pushing for quick movement on this effort and has championed replacing the current unit count system, which he has characterized as very outdated.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Tom Byrne sat down with Meyer’s Dept. of Education Secretary Cindy Marten to discuss where she and the Meyer Administration stand on this process and the future of education funding in the First State.
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Sudiksha Konanki is a Virginia resident and a student at the University of Pittsburgh. She was vacationing in Punta Cana with five others when she went missing last week. -
The Environmental Protection Agency didn't provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely. -
The ring, discovered by a metal detectorist in the U.K., is estimated to sell for between $19,000 and $23,000 at auction. -
While Trump's executive order takes aim at Perkins Coie, the judge said it "casts a chilling harm of blizzard proportion across the entire legal profession." -
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Many people say their seasonal allergies are hitting earlier and harder. We talk with a professor who studied how climate change has affected plant biology for over 30 years.
