Commissioner Stewart Reduces Highmark Rate Requests
Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced that she has reduced to 9.9% a request from Highmark BlueCross BlueShield for a health rate increases on small employer grandfathered individual plans.
State of Delaware Announces Class for State Employees on Employing People with Disabilities
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Office of Management and Budget | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014
All State of Delaware employees will be able to access a new online class, Focus on Ability. This class will provide information about hiring and retaining employees with disabilities, including responding to and requesting accommodations, understanding invisible disabilities, and interacting comfortably and respectfully with people who have disabilities.
Commissioner Stewart Urges Use of Stop-Smoking Programs
Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014
Commissioner Stewart advises consumers who want to quit tobacco use to check with employers and insurers about stop-smoking services and benefits.
Governor Markell Signs Three Bills to Help Spur Brownfields Development, While Safeguarding Delaware’s Groundwater and Protecting Public Health
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014
On a former brownfield site that’s now a WSFS Bank branch location, Governor Jack Markell signed legislation that enhances the state’s capabilities for transforming environmentally-impaired properties while also better protecting public health and groundwater resources from hazardous releases.
Drug Diversion Court’s Twenty Years of Success Recognized at Graduation Ceremony
Former Governor Jack Markell (2009-2017) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014
Having built a record of turning around the lives of Delawareans with substance abuse issues, the New Castle County Superior Court’s Drug Diversion Court graduated its newest class at the New Castle County Courthouse where Governor Jack Markell and Senator Tom Carper lauded the Court’s achievements over twenty years.
