DelDOT budget discussed in Dover
Big day on tap for lawmakers on the Joint Finance Committee in Dover, with Transportation and Correction Deparments’ budgets up for discussion.
Today’s committee meeting will be held in the State Senate chamber starting at 10 a.m. The Department of Correction will be up first. Committee members will break for lunch before going through the massive Department of Transportation budget starting at 1 p.m.
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