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The crowd of friends, relatives and elected officials that walked behind the Delaware flag-draped coffin of Sen.

This yeara s Early Stage East Venture Conference featured 22 presenting companies, 300 investors, and Bahraina s ambassador to the United States.

Many of Delaware's school district superintendents make higher salaries than high-ranking officials in state government.

The Delaware Senate voted in favor of Governor Jack Markell's proposal to legalize sports betting in the state on Tuesday by a vote of 17-2. Markell is expected to sign the bill into law later this week.

House Republicans on Monday touted a list of proposals they say would save the state at least $125 million annually.

About 27,000 Delaware children live in poverty today. Slashing that number in half in the next 10 years is the goal and will take a massive effort touching nearly every aspect of their lives -- from housing and health to education and income -- and creation of a new agency to bring order to previously disorganized attempts to address the problem.

After eight years in the political wilderness, gun-control advocates have a friend in the governor's office.

Former Delaware Lt. Gov and Secretary of Finance John Carney announced this morning he will run for Congress, setting up a battle with nine-term Republican Rep.

Two Dover museums are slated to close due to budget constraints after being identified as the least visited in the state.

Governor Markell has signed a bill to enact protections from eminent domain, the process under which local governments could seize private property.

The state House stood firmly on the side of property owners' rights Thursday and unanimously approved legislation to make it more difficult for governments statewide to use eminent domain for economic development.

The mere mention by Gov. Jack Markell of three new casinos -- which might include table games and sports betting -- is likely to generate many proposals in Wilmington.

Sweeping cuts, including an 8 percent reduction in state worker pay, several tax increases, a long list of funding cuts and a broadening of gambling including adding sports betting and casinos were proposed today by Gov.

The hole in the state's budget got larger Monday after predictions for next year's revenues got smaller.

With a plan to authorize sports gambling waiting in the wings and the new governor expected to announce shortly whether he would support it, Delawareans who find gambling morally repugnant are struggling to ...

The decade-old battle to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation began anew Tuesday with the introduction of legislation in the state House.

In ordinary times, the question of economic development strategies may seem removed from the realities of daily life.

REHOBOTH BEACH -- One of Delaware's favorite sons, Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, received a warm welcome home Friday night at the Delaware State Education Association's winter retreat.

Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, will speak tonight at the Delaware State Education Association's winter retreat in Rehoboth Beach.

A season of forlorn economic news turned a bit brighter for Delaware on Wednesday as Barclays bank announced it would add as many as 500 new jobs over the next five years, including 300 in the next several ...