Posts Tagged ‘Governor John Carney’
New Delaware AG Announces Criminal Prosecution Reform
Delaware’s Attorney General Kathy Jennings has announced her first major step since being sworn in to the position earlier this year. AG Jennings has unveiled internal reform measures for criminal prosecution that her office says will divert low level offenders and shift focus toward more violent crime. The Department of Justice says the guidelines laid…
Read MoreFormer Delaware State Senator Has Died – DE Flags to Half-Staff
Delawareans are honoring the life of former State Senator Steven Amick, who passed away on Wednesday. Amick rose to the highest ranks of Delaware politics, beginning his political career as a State Representative in 1986. He was elected to the State Senate in 1994, where he served as Senate Minority Whip and Senate Minority Leader.…
Read MoreUSS Delaware Christened
The seventh Navy vessel to be named after the First State was christened Saturday at the Newport News Shipyard in Virginia. Governor John Carney and US Senator Tom Carper were part of the Delaware officials on hand for the ceremony.聽 Dr. Jill Biden is the sponsor of the USS Delaware and did the honors to…
Read MoreDOE NOT Moving Forward with Regulation 225
The Delaware Department of Education will not be moving forward to finalize the current proposed version of Regulation 225. The department received more than 6,000 comments in response to the revised proposed 225 Prohibition of Discrimination Regulation, which was published in the June Register of Regulations.聽Those comments now are available online for public review at…
Read MoreDE’s FY 2019 Budget Approved and Signed
No race for the midnight deadline this year in approving and signing the FY 2019 Delaware Budget.聽 Governor John Carney signed Senate Bill 235 on Thursday after it received final passage in the State House.聽 The measure is a balanced $4.2-billion plan that makes investment in Delaware鈥檚 economy, workforce and public schools.聽 It also appropriates…
Read MoreBeau Biden Gun Violence Prevention Act Signed Into Law Today
Governor John Carney has signed the Beau Biden Gun Violence Prevention Act into law.聽 He was surrounded by the Biden family, legislators and gun Safety advocates at the Biden Institute at the University of Delaware.聽 The new law will limit access to firearms for those considered a danger to themselves or others.聽 The measure was…
Read MoreGov. Carney offers up a snow job during Blizzard of 2018
The blizzard of 2018. The bomb cyclone. The bombogenesis. ‘That #@$%! snow.’ Whatever you called the epic storm that roared through the southern portions of the peninsula in early January, you are probably sick of hearing about it. However, the timeline of the storm deserves a review. Keep in mind the following chart while reading…
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