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Delaware Drivers Urged to Take Extra Caution Now to Avoid Deer Collisions

Delaware Drivers Urged to Take Extra Caution Now to Avoid Deer Collisions

Delaware drivers should have heightened roadway awareness as the days shorten and the deer mating season nears /Delaware DNREC graphic Shorter Days and the Approaching Mating Season Mean More Deer Are on the Move, Particularly in the Predawn and...

Owner:  American Government
Delaware Drivers Urged to Take Extra Caution Now to Avoid Deer Collisions

Delaware Drivers Urged to Take Extra Caution Now to Avoid Deer Collisions

Delaware drivers should have heightened roadway awareness as the days shorten and the deer mating season nears /Delaware DNREC graphic Shorter Days and the Approaching Mating Season Mean More Deer Are on the Move, Particularly in the Predawn and...

Owner:  American Government
The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking

The New Political Economy of Delaware Corporate Lawmaking

Fifty years ago, former SEC chair William Cary famously attacked Delaware’s role in promulgating national corporate law and argued that to improve our national corporate law, “[t]he first step is to escape from the present predicament in which a...

Owner:  Harvard University
Delaware Department of Labor Launches ‘Modernization 2.0’

Delaware Department of Labor Launches ‘Modernization 2.0’

WILMINGTON – Today, the Delaware Department of Labor announced Modernization 2.0, a new strategy to address the agency’s most pressing challenges, including processing a backlog of unemployment insurance claims, responding faster to new claims,...

Owner:  American Government
Registration for the 2026 Delaware Wetlands Conference is Now Open

Registration for the 2026 Delaware Wetlands Conference is Now Open

Attendees from the 2025 Delaware Wetlands conference enjoyed presentations, breakout sessions, networking sessions and more. /Delaware DNREC: Errol Ebanks Biennial Event to be Held at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington The Department...

Owner:  American Government
Registration for the 2026 Delaware Wetlands Conference is Now Open

Registration for the 2026 Delaware Wetlands Conference is Now Open

Attendees from the 2025 Delaware Wetlands conference enjoyed presentations, breakout sessions, networking sessions and more. /Delaware DNREC: Errol Ebanks Biennial Event to be Held at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington The Department...

Owner:  American Government
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National Guard activated, beaches closed, shelters open in Delaware 
In the Delaware River, climate change and invasive species threaten shad, ‘America’s founding fish’

In the Delaware River, climate change and invasive species threaten shad, ‘America’s founding fish’

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! American shad were a major food source for early European settlers and Native Americans who lived along the Delaware River. Known as...

Owner:  Whyy Inc.
Trump's EPA raises water quality standard in Delaware River in a surprise move

Trump's EPA raises water quality standard in Delaware River in a surprise move

The federal government is raising the required oxygen level in an urban stretch of the Delaware River near Philadelphia to improve conditions for fish and humans, but the move faces pushback from wastewater utilities that will have to pay millions...

Owner:  Norcross Family
The high cost of climate change

The high cost of climate change

As global temperatures climb, weather systems are changing swiftly and extensively, making events such as droughts, hurricanes, floods, and heat waves more intense and unpredictable. Extreme weather events that may have hit just once in our...

Owner:  Noel Azzopardi
Delaware Healthcare Association hires population health director, expands team

Delaware Healthcare Association hires population health director, expands team

The Delaware Healthcare Association recently announced key team updates. A leading voice in healthcare advocacy, DHA works collaboratively with federal, state, and local policymakers and partners to champion solutions that strengthen healthcare in...

Owner:  Chris Rausch
Looking to relax? Here's the most peaceful spot in Delaware
Supporting Delaware’s LGBT+ Youth

Supporting Delaware’s LGBT+ Youth

Article by Jessica Henderson Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase. October 10, 2025 National Coming Out Day continues to be a reminder that LGBTQ+ individuals make a brave decision to disclose their identities to family, friends and community members....

Owner:  University of Delaware
Delaware County Adopts Zero Waste Plan

Delaware County Adopts Zero Waste Plan

In Sept. 2025, the Delaware County Council unanimously adopted a Zero Waste Plan after four years of development, a milestone for local communities and environmental groups working to shut down the ReWorld (formerly Covanta) incinerator in the...

Owner:  Swarthmore College
Delaware governor establishes transit funding task force

Delaware governor establishes transit funding task force

Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer established the Delaware Task Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding via an executive order. The order addresses long-term challenges the state’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) faces and works to ensure Delaware’s...

Owner:  Chris Ferrell
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