Delaware Government News

The last time Pedro Ferreira saw his father was March 23, 1962. He was 15 years old and his parents had just put him and his 13-year-old brother, Enrique, on a plane in Havana, Cuba, for a short hop to Miami.

Lt. Gov. Matthew Denn recently announced a partnership between his office, the Delaware Office of Minority and Women Business Enterprise and the Minority Business Enterprise Center of Philadelphia to better help Delaware women and minority business owners receive information and access to American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contracts, while also ...

Swine Flu cases have dropped off, but Delaware Public Health Officials say now isn't the time to become complacent.

DOVER - According to police reports, one person has been killed and 10 were injured in alcohol-related crashes occurring since Thanksgiving Eve.

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An ailing World War II veteran from New York wants to fix a government goof in Brooklyn's Williamsburg area that has slighted a Founding Father from Delaware since the 1800s.

FRANKFORD --Before the town can resume construction on its new water treatment plant, officials must determine how they will pay to operate the facility.

Delaware officials say the Department of Health and Social Services' no-growth budget proposal could mean cuts in services just as demand surges.

A no-growth budget proposal from the Department of Health and Social Services, Delaware's largest state agency, could mean cuts to services at a time of growing demand.

The garrulous, brush cut Montanan throws a beefy arm around the suddenly diminutive Kaufman and shouts effusively, "This is the nicest guy in the Senate." Given that both men have been on the job for only a few months, Tester's remark offers an important insight as to how Delaware's new Senate delegation may be one of the strongest one-two punches ...

Delawarea s Division of Public Health will hold three H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics to vaccinate up to 3,000 people who are at highest risk for influenza and have not yet obtained a vaccination.

Federal unit's first swine flu stop: Del. By HIRAN RATNAYAKE * The News Journal * November 13, 2009 A federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team will be deployed to Delaware next week to vaccinate children at high risk of complications from swine flu who, because of the state's strategy, have faced barriers in their efforts to get the vaccine.

Drivers and bus riders in Delaware could begin to see serious effects of the state's budget crunch next year if the transportation department is forced to cut its spending significantly, the agency's secretary said Friday.

The Delaware Division of Public Health is investigating a case of tuberculosis. A 55-year-old homeless man was hospitalized with an active case of TB.

National Weather Service forecasts call for high tides tonight and Friday to run as much as 4 feet above normal, with up to 4 inches of rain and winds as high as 55 mph in addition to that.

SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - November 12, 2009 -- The Nor'easter is not looking over the First State as it continues its path through the region.

For the second time this year, the Delaware Supreme Court has found that a person legally can be removed from the state's sex offender registry -- implicitly finding that the registry is not a permanent life sentence without exception and that the registry statute does not overpower all other state laws.

To give them money ! The Internal Revenue Service is "having a time" delivering some tax refunds.

DOVER -- Conservation organizations urged the state Monday to increase funding for farmland preservation, saying that the decline in real estate values presents a golden opportunity to keep Delaware green.

Delaware public health officials today reported the state's fourth death from swine flu.