AG Jennings protects Delaware workers from unlawful payroll deductions
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced that her office’s White Collar Crime Unit has resolved a case against a Delaware contractor investigated for false statements and unlawful deductions from payroll reports. “When contractors bid on government contracts, they have a legal and a moral obligation to do right by workers and the public,” said Attorney General […]
22 Businesses and Organizations Awarded First State Food System Grants
Small Business | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is pleased to announce that 22 businesses and organizations have received grants through the Delaware Grocery Initiative, also called First State Food System Grants. This program aims to expand access to healthy foods in food deserts in Delaware and to areas at risk of becoming food deserts, by providing grants and other forms of financial assistance to eligible food resources.
Revolutionary Lives Exhibit Opens July 3 to Kick Off Countdown to America’s 250th
Delaware Public Archives | Department of State | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Delaware’s role in the fight for independence—and how generations have remembered it—is the focus of a compelling new exhibit, Revolutionary Lives: 1776 to Tomorrow, opening at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the Delaware Public Archives. Launching exactly one year before the United States marks its Semiquincentennial, the exhibit explores how Delawareans have […]
Delaware Improves Workers’ Compensation Act
Department of Labor | Industrial Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
WILMINGTON – On Monday, Governor Matt Meyer signed legislation that improves Delaware’s Workers’ Compensation Act. Senate Bill 145 allows workers’ compensations payments to be made to claimants by direct deposit and increases the reimbursement percentage of activities from 66.6 to 100 percent. Senate Bill 164 provides a one-time increase of 3 percent in aggregate workers’ […]
Governor Matt Meyer Signs FY2026 Appropriations Bills with Historic Investments, Celebrates Major Legislative Victories
Governor Matt Meyer | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2025
DOVER — Today, July 1, Governor Matt Meyer marked several legislative victories at the end of the 2025 legislative session, delivering on key promises for Delawareans including strengthening public schools, expanding healthcare access, making housing more affordable, and boosting transparency and accountability in government. Many of those priorities were included in a $6.5 billion operating […]
