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Delaware Students Need All of Us

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, April 3, 2023

The cost of allowing an entire generation of students to struggle in our educational system is too great. Delaware students need us. All of us. 




Governor Surveys Sussex County Tornado Damage

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Governor John Carney | News | Date Posted: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Governor John C. Carney, Jr. joined State and Sussex County officials to tour areas near Bridgeville today after a confirmed tornado tore through the region on Saturday night, April 1. Preliminary estimates show more than 60 structures were damaged or destroyed along a 14-mile-long path through the communities of Bridgeville, Greenwood, and Ellendale. The survey also included a DelDOT maintenance yard on Newton Road where several buildings were damaged and destroyed, including one where winds pulled a wooden beam out of the ground, shifting the concrete footing.




State and Local Agencies Respond to Severe Weather and Tornado Damage

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware State Police | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Department of Transportation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Sunday, April 2, 2023

The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Delaware State Police, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Sussex County Emergency Operations Center, DelDOT, and numerous volunteer organizations are mobilizing resources and personnel to respond to yesterday’s statewide damage from severe storms and likely tornado in Sussex County. Officials confirmed a fatality at a collapsed structure along Tuckers Road southeast of Greenwood, Sussex County. It’s the first confirmed death from a tornado in Delaware since 1983 according to the National Weather Service.




Secretary Magarik Announces Leadership Changes at Department of Health and Social Services

News | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023

NEW CASTLE, Del. (March 31, 2023) — Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Molly Magarik today announced leadership changes at the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Brown, a board-certified family physician who has served as Chief Medical Officer of the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) since 2018, […]




Governor Carney Formally Extends Public Health Emergency

Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney on Friday formally extended the Public Health Emergency order another 30 days. Under Delaware law, Public Health Emergencies must be renewed every 30 days.   Visit Governor Carney’s website to view the Public Health Emergency Extension.







  Category: News

Delaware Students Need All of Us

Department of Education | News | Date Posted: Monday, April 3, 2023

The cost of allowing an entire generation of students to struggle in our educational system is too great. Delaware students need us. All of us. 




Governor Surveys Sussex County Tornado Damage

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Governor John Carney | News | Date Posted: Sunday, April 2, 2023

Governor John C. Carney, Jr. joined State and Sussex County officials to tour areas near Bridgeville today after a confirmed tornado tore through the region on Saturday night, April 1. Preliminary estimates show more than 60 structures were damaged or destroyed along a 14-mile-long path through the communities of Bridgeville, Greenwood, and Ellendale. The survey also included a DelDOT maintenance yard on Newton Road where several buildings were damaged and destroyed, including one where winds pulled a wooden beam out of the ground, shifting the concrete footing.




State and Local Agencies Respond to Severe Weather and Tornado Damage

Delaware Emergency Management Agency | Delaware Health and Social Services | Delaware State Police | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Department of Transportation | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Sunday, April 2, 2023

The Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), Delaware State Police, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, Sussex County Emergency Operations Center, DelDOT, and numerous volunteer organizations are mobilizing resources and personnel to respond to yesterday’s statewide damage from severe storms and likely tornado in Sussex County. Officials confirmed a fatality at a collapsed structure along Tuckers Road southeast of Greenwood, Sussex County. It’s the first confirmed death from a tornado in Delaware since 1983 according to the National Weather Service.




Secretary Magarik Announces Leadership Changes at Department of Health and Social Services

News | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023

NEW CASTLE, Del. (March 31, 2023) — Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Molly Magarik today announced leadership changes at the Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH). Dr. Elizabeth (Liz) Brown, a board-certified family physician who has served as Chief Medical Officer of the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) since 2018, […]




Governor Carney Formally Extends Public Health Emergency

Governor John Carney | News | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, March 31, 2023

WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor Carney on Friday formally extended the Public Health Emergency order another 30 days. Under Delaware law, Public Health Emergencies must be renewed every 30 days.   Visit Governor Carney’s website to view the Public Health Emergency Extension.