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  Archives:  July 2018

DOJ and Delaware Police Chiefs Publish Model Policies For Custodial Interrogations and Eyewitness Identifications

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2018

Goal To Improve Accuracy and Fairness in the Criminal Justice System The Delaware Department of Justice and the Delaware Police Chiefs Council have developed and published model policies for custodial interrogation and eyewitness identification procedures that can be adopted by police agencies statewide, part of an effort to ensure fairness and accuracy in the criminal […]



DNREC to hold public meeting July 16 on EPA’s proposed denial of Delaware’s Clean Air Act petitions to reduce air pollution originating elsewhere from coming into the state

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Office of the Governor | The Environment | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public meeting Monday, July 16 to enable Delawareans to express their opinion about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to deny the state’s 126(b) Clean Air Act petitions aimed at reducing air pollution that comes into Delaware after originating elsewhere. The public meeting will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Room A112, Wing A, Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton Christiana Rd., Newark, DE 19713.



Highmark Requests 2019 Health Insurance Marketplace Rate Increase of 5.7%

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Insurance (Department) has received a proposed rate increase request from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBSD) of 5.7% for its 2019 individual Marketplace business, also known as the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare. It is important to note that the proposed rate increase will not […]



DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park to host annual Civil War-era P.O.W. weekends in July and August

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fort Delaware State Park will host two-day prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) living history weekends on July 14 and 15, and on August 11 and 12. Events begin at 10 a.m. both days of each weekend.



“An Immigrant Story: Crossing the Atlantic in a 17th Century Sailing Ship” at the New Castle Court House Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Program will explore what life would be like for a two-month crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the New World.





  Archives:  July 2018

DOJ and Delaware Police Chiefs Publish Model Policies For Custodial Interrogations and Eyewitness Identifications

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Date Posted: Thursday, July 12, 2018

Goal To Improve Accuracy and Fairness in the Criminal Justice System The Delaware Department of Justice and the Delaware Police Chiefs Council have developed and published model policies for custodial interrogation and eyewitness identification procedures that can be adopted by police agencies statewide, part of an effort to ensure fairness and accuracy in the criminal […]



DNREC to hold public meeting July 16 on EPA’s proposed denial of Delaware’s Clean Air Act petitions to reduce air pollution originating elsewhere from coming into the state

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Office of the Governor | The Environment | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold a public meeting Monday, July 16 to enable Delawareans to express their opinion about the US Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to deny the state’s 126(b) Clean Air Act petitions aimed at reducing air pollution that comes into Delaware after originating elsewhere. The public meeting will be held from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. in Room A112, Wing A, Delaware Technical Community College Stanton Campus, 400 Stanton Christiana Rd., Newark, DE 19713.



Highmark Requests 2019 Health Insurance Marketplace Rate Increase of 5.7%

Insurance Commissioner | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Insurance (Department) has received a proposed rate increase request from Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBSD) of 5.7% for its 2019 individual Marketplace business, also known as the Affordable Care Act and Obamacare. It is important to note that the proposed rate increase will not […]



DNREC’s Fort Delaware State Park to host annual Civil War-era P.O.W. weekends in July and August

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Parks and Recreation | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Fort Delaware State Park will host two-day prisoner-of-war (P.O.W.) living history weekends on July 14 and 15, and on August 11 and 12. Events begin at 10 a.m. both days of each weekend.



“An Immigrant Story: Crossing the Atlantic in a 17th Century Sailing Ship” at the New Castle Court House Museum

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

Program will explore what life would be like for a two-month crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the New World.