First State Focus

City officials say the Office of Educational Advocacy would focus on the whole child and give City Council a voice it lost more than 40 years ago.

Recent laws ban the sale of assault-style weapons, limit ammunition magazines to 17 rounds, and require a permit to purchase a handgun.

Some advocates argue a constitutional amendment and enabling legislation would make people with some felonies more likely to be held pretrial.

The city of Wilmington saw murders nearly double from 2023 to 2024. But shootings dropped to a six-year low.

A proposed dual-language charter school in Georgetown aims to preserve cultural roots while fostering academic success.

Bethany Hall-Long is the fourth Delaware lieutenant governor to briefly take on the role after the sitting governor resigns early.

State police say the state representative’s blood alcohol level was nearly twice the legal limit when he pulled out from a Valero station onto a highway.

The northern Delaware park is replacing the historic Chambers House Nature Center with a center that focuses on education and recreation.

Supporters say the bill has numerous safeguards like requiring the patient to self-administer the medication.

The civil rights leader was also a close, lifelong friend of President Joe Biden, dating back to the 1960s.

Two Delawareans honored posthumously helped end segregation in the nation’s schools by challenging the “separate but equal” doctrine.

Delaware’s $17.4 million investment expands high-speed internet to over 5,600 underserved homes and businesses, aiming for statewide universal access by 2025.

More than 130,000 cubic yards of sand have been restored as part of a $25 million effort to protect Route 1 and combat severe erosion at Indian River Inlet.

The smaller “pocket” homes are designed to be a more affordable and community-focused solution to northern Delaware's housing crisis.

The last time Delaware updated its energy plan was 2009. The new plan contains strategies to combat climate change.