First State Focus

Delaware is funding efforts to boost early literacy efforts, but income and racial disparities remain.

Justin Smith received a four-year prison sentence for one felony count. State police said many videos showed girls being forcibly raped.

Concerns about impacts to the environment and energy demand swirl around a proposed 1.2-gigawatt data center planned for Delaware City.

Auditor Lydia York’s report finds fault with how Appoquinimink’s superintendent, finance chief and school board oversaw finances.

Dwayne Fountain personally mixed the ultra-deadly opioid to make concoctions with cocaine and other drugs, then reformed them into bricks.

Meyer said Delaware already has existing laws to fight wage theft and hold bad actors responsible for their actions.

New Jersey could be the 14th state to allow human composting. Advocates say the option is more eco-friendly than burial or cremation.

Delaware Senate Democrats say the governor agreed to allow a pot zoning bill to become law. Gov. Meyer denies existence of a deal.

Republican state lawmakers complain they were not consulted before Democrats announced bipartisan committee hearings.

Advocates say the state lacks transparency on school drinking water quality and attempts to remove lead contamination.

About 1,300 people board trains in Delaware daily. If no funding fix is found, cuts would begin within days and the rides would stop by January.

Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings said $15 million for state crime survivors, shelters and providers is at stake. New Jersey and 18 other states are also suing.

Castle was one of the most successful elected officials in Delaware history, serving two terms as governor and nine terms in the U.S. House.

Delaware got an “F” for government accountability and ethics a decade ago from the Center for Public Integrity.

Democratic state lawmakers recently passed a controversial bill to move the Delmarva Peninsula project forward, overriding the denial of a local land use permit.