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Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste to Remain Closed Until Spring Following Fire

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2025

The Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Site will remain closed until spring after a fire earlier this week prompted safety concerns.




DOC launches tattoo artist career pathway to support rehabilitation and protect inmate health

Department of Correction | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2025

Smyrna, DE – Six inmates from Delaware’s largest state prison are studying to become professional tattoo artists in the newest career pathway training program recently launched by the Delaware Department of Correction at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. The Tattoo Artist Career Pathway Program aims to set incarcerated individuals up for success when they return […]




AG Jennings joins $17 million settlement with Edward Jones

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”) resulting from a multistate investigation into the broker-dealer’s supervisory failures.  Customers paid front-loaded commissions for certain mutual fund shares despite later moving brokerage assets into fee-based investment advisory accounts. “We expect investment firms operating in Delaware to follow […]




AG Jennings takes action to protect Dreamers’ Affordable Care Act access

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Delaware steps in to fill legal void in Court challenge to health care access Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that Delaware, New Jersey, and 12 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal […]




Delaware Approved to Begin Fiber Broadband Connections to 5,700 Homes and Businesses

Department of Technology and Information | Former Governor Hall Long (Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 20, 2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Bethany Hall-Long and the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) Delaware Broadband Office (DBO) today announced that construction will begin in the spring by two internet service providers to extend broadband service to more than 5,700 unserved and underserved homes and businesses throughout Delaware.  The National Telecommunications and Information Administration […]







  Category: Newsroom

Polly Drummond Hill Yard Waste to Remain Closed Until Spring Following Fire

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2025

The Polly Drummond Hill Community Yard Waste Site will remain closed until spring after a fire earlier this week prompted safety concerns.




DOC launches tattoo artist career pathway to support rehabilitation and protect inmate health

Department of Correction | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, January 16, 2025

Smyrna, DE – Six inmates from Delaware’s largest state prison are studying to become professional tattoo artists in the newest career pathway training program recently launched by the Delaware Department of Correction at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center. The Tattoo Artist Career Pathway Program aims to set incarcerated individuals up for success when they return […]




AG Jennings joins $17 million settlement with Edward Jones

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Investor Protection | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

The Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice has joined a $17 million settlement with Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. (“Edward Jones”) resulting from a multistate investigation into the broker-dealer’s supervisory failures.  Customers paid front-loaded commissions for certain mutual fund shares despite later moving brokerage assets into fee-based investment advisory accounts. “We expect investment firms operating in Delaware to follow […]




AG Jennings takes action to protect Dreamers’ Affordable Care Act access

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Delaware steps in to fill legal void in Court challenge to health care access Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced that Delaware, New Jersey, and 12 other states are joining together to defend health insurance access for Dreamers from court challenges. The motion to intervene comes as the incoming Trump Administration is expected to halt federal […]




Delaware Approved to Begin Fiber Broadband Connections to 5,700 Homes and Businesses

Department of Technology and Information | Former Governor Hall Long (Jan 7, 2025 - Jan 20, 2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, January 14, 2025

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Bethany Hall-Long and the Delaware Department of Technology and Information (DTI) Delaware Broadband Office (DBO) today announced that construction will begin in the spring by two internet service providers to extend broadband service to more than 5,700 unserved and underserved homes and businesses throughout Delaware.  The National Telecommunications and Information Administration […]