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  Archives:  October 2024

DPH Releases Latest Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends in Delaware

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Monday, October 14, 2024

DOVER, DEL. (Oct. 14, 2024) – Delaware’s cancer mortality rate continues to decline, according to the latest data from the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). Delaware and the U.S. saw their mortality rates go down by an average of 1.8% and 1.5%, respectively, between 2007 and 2021. In the 2024 report, which looked at the […]




Navarro Announces Eighth Consecutive Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

Captive | Captive Insurance | Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Monday, October 14, 2024

Additionally, Workplace Safety Program eligibility changes will help more companies stay safe and save money Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced today that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will […]




Governor Carney Statement on Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s Passing

Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, October 11, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney has shared the following statement on the Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s passing:   “Tracey and I are saddened to hear of the passing of Former Supreme Court Justice James T. Vaughn Jr. Justice Vaughn worked hard to uphold the values of the Delaware Courts for more than 25 years as a […]




Delaware Celebrates $14.3 Million Climate Grant for I-95 Charging Infrastructure

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

The State of Delaware took a significant step towards a cleaner transportation future today, celebrating its receipt of 14.3 million thanks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Climate Pollution Reduction Grant” (CPRG) program. This grant, the result of the Federal Inflation Reduction Act and the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, will be used to […]




AG Jennings Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of a multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the settlement, Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices using a dynamic risk-based approach, provide certain […]






  Archives:  October 2024

DPH Releases Latest Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends in Delaware

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Date Posted: Monday, October 14, 2024

DOVER, DEL. (Oct. 14, 2024) – Delaware’s cancer mortality rate continues to decline, according to the latest data from the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). Delaware and the U.S. saw their mortality rates go down by an average of 1.8% and 1.5%, respectively, between 2007 and 2021. In the 2024 report, which looked at the […]




Navarro Announces Eighth Consecutive Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

Captive | Captive Insurance | Insurance Commissioner | Date Posted: Monday, October 14, 2024

Additionally, Workplace Safety Program eligibility changes will help more companies stay safe and save money Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced today that workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the eighth year in a row, effective December 1. The voluntary market is expected to decrease average loss costs by 8.4%, and the residual market will […]




Governor Carney Statement on Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s Passing

Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, October 11, 2024

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney has shared the following statement on the Honorable James T. Vaughn, Jr.’s passing:   “Tracey and I are saddened to hear of the passing of Former Supreme Court Justice James T. Vaughn Jr. Justice Vaughn worked hard to uphold the values of the Delaware Courts for more than 25 years as a […]




Delaware Celebrates $14.3 Million Climate Grant for I-95 Charging Infrastructure

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Department of Transportation | Division of Climate, Coastal and Energy | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

The State of Delaware took a significant step towards a cleaner transportation future today, celebrating its receipt of 14.3 million thanks to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Climate Pollution Reduction Grant” (CPRG) program. This grant, the result of the Federal Inflation Reduction Act and the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, will be used to […]




AG Jennings Announces $52 Million Multistate Settlement with Marriott for Data Breach

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2024

Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that a coalition of 50 Attorneys General has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc. as the result of a multi-year data breach of one of its guest reservation databases. Under the settlement, Marriott has agreed to strengthen its data security practices using a dynamic risk-based approach, provide certain […]