The Senate Education Committee clears three bills to reform early childhood care practices in Delaware, as well as legislation to protect teaching the history of marginalized groups in social studies classes.
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Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library marks its 176th anniversary on May 20, 2024.
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This Week on "The Green"
If you’ve applied for a job lately, you may have been asked to check a box about whether you have a criminal record or a felony. For many, that’s not a problem, but for thousands of returning citizens in Delaware, it is.To help with workforce reentry, the nonprofit Delaware Center for Horticulture’s ‘Branches to Chances’ program introduces the formerly incarcerated, homeless, or unemployed to horticulture while working towards job placement and building work-life skills.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon is joined by Branches to Chances Coordinators Robert Harris and Bonnie Swan to learn more about the Center’s reentry program and this year’s graduation class.
NPR National and World Headlines
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House Republicans want to hold the attorney general in contempt over the department's refusal to hand over an audio recording of a special counsel's interview with the president.
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Birds have an innate ability to know where to go and when, but lights and windows make the journey dangerous.
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He has undergone hours of surgery and a suspect has been arrested.
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Elizabeth O'Connor's spare and bracing debut novel provides a stark reckoning with what it means to be seen from the outside, both as a person and as a people.
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The map that draws a second majority congressional district in Louisiana can be used in 2024, even though lower courts have found that it likely discriminates against Black voters.
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Many people ask why this ruling was necessary when discrimination against those with a disability was already protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Student Spotlight
- Master Gardeners help people develop a green thumb
- Dover area Girl Scouts celebrate another successful year
- Tween Thursday draws kids to Dover Library
- Polar Plunge draws a crowd to help Special Olympic Delaware
- Libraries host canine friends to promote reading
- Dover area events usher in the holiday season
- Students seek connections at Governor's Career Expo