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Delmar students face overcrowding as district exceeds capacity
February 27, 2026
Officials have turned common spaces into classrooms as state leaders defer funding for a new school, leaving the strain unaddressed for two years.
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Delaware City data center developer appeals Coastal Zone denial
February 25, 2026
The plans for several data centers in Delaware have garnered backlash from residents who are worried about their potential impact on energy costs and the environment.
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Delaware soybean farmers remain optimistic amid dropping prices
October 22, 2025
As one of the largest poultry producing regions in the country, Kent and Sussex County farmers also are uniquely positioned to be able to sell their soybean crops to local poultry companies, where they are crushed and used for poultry feed or soybean oil.
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‘Bring her back’: Delaware abuse victim rescued from ICE deportation
October 13, 2025
Other U visa holders across the country, who have temporary legal status, have also been detained and deported as part of the Trump administration’s sweeping immigration crackdown.
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Independent libraries struggle to make ends meet in western Sussex County
September 10, 2025
For many western Sussex County towns with populations of just a couple thousand, there are limited options for community gathering spaces and places for residents to turn to for social services.
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Trump admin cutting solar spending. Some Delaware farmers are celebrating
September 04, 2025
The USDA Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program will give loans for solar projects that generate less than 50 kilowatts of power as long as they are “right sized” to only provide power to the farm itself.
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Nanticoke Tribe overcomes fundraising woes, gears up for annual powwow
September 03, 2025
This momentum for the Delaware tribe stands out amid federal funding cuts for tribal organizations.
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Kent County groups have big plans to address homelessness, drug use, but money is scarce
August 14, 2025
Resources for homelessness and drug detox are scarce across the state, but particularly south of the canal, where residents often need to go out of state to Maryland or Pennsylvania to get treatment.
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‘Incredibly dystopian’: ICE enforcement upends lives for rural Delaware communities
August 07, 2025
The first thought for many immigrants at the sight of an abandoned car, residents say, is now that ICE took the passengers. Not car trouble or a busted tire, but federal agents.
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Trump targets Delaware, NCCo, towns for ‘sanctuary’ policies, threatens funding cuts
May 30, 2025
The Trump administration labeled Delaware, New Castle County and two municipalities as sanctuary jurisdictions that obstruct the enforcement of federal immigration law on Thursday, putting new legal pressures on policies that have shielded some undocumented families in the state.
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ICE arrests quietly escalate in Delaware under Trump presidency
May 02, 2025
Federal immigration enforcement in Delaware has quietly and drastically escalated in the first four months of the year, with federal prosecutors bringing forth more criminal deportation cases since January than in all of 2024.
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DE nonprofits lose money for immigration legal aid
April 28, 2025
Children who arrived in Delaware from outside the United States in recent years may have to represent themselves in immigration court after the Trump administration slashed hundreds of thousands of dollars last month that had been allocated to pay for lawyers for kids who had entered the country without a parent.
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A new question surrounds Delaware’s opioid fund. Is new oversight legal?
February 19, 2025
The Prescription Opioid Settlement Distribution Commission recommends how the state spends a $250 million settlement it won from opioid manufacturers and distributors. Following reports of fraud last summer, the flow of new grants has all but stopped.
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Delaware poll accessibility improved for voters with disabilities in 2024
December 11, 2024
Nationwide, among in-person voters in 2022, the rate of difficulties was over three times higher among people with disabilities than those without disabilities, according to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission 2022 Disability and Voting Accessibility Survey.
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As food prices rise, Delawareans are increasingly in need
September 12, 2024
The Legislature has taken various measures to attempt to address the growing concern, including passing a measure to require the state government to develop a strategy addressing food insecurity in its urban, suburban and rural communities.
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