Delaware successfully blocks illegal cuts to comprehensive sexual health education
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Office of Impact Litigation | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction on October 27, 2025 blocking the Trump administration from defunding teen reproductive and sexual health education programs over language that affirms all young peoples’ gender identities. The ruling is the latest in a lawsuit filed by 16 states and the District of Columbia, including Delaware. The states sued […]
DOJ secures life prison sentences for 2022 murder, carjackings
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
A New Castle woman has been sentenced for her role in a fatal March 2022 crime spree. On October 24, 2025, Brittallia Semaan, 34, was sentenced to a total of 2 life sentences plus 45 years in prison. Semaan had previously been indicted and found Guilty but Mentally Ill on 31 charges, including Murder First […]
AG Jennings files brief supporting offshore wind project
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Division of the Public Advocate | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
Attorney General Kathy Jennings has filed an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief challenging the abrupt cancellation of a fully permitted offshore wind power project that would have delivered cheaper and cleaner energy to Delawareans. In October 2024, U.S. Wind was approved to construct an offshore wind power turbine project off of the coast […]
DOC launches Family and Friends Handbook
Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, November 3, 2025
Dover, DE – The Delaware Department of Correction today launched its Friends and Family Handbook, a new resource developed to provide information for families and friends of incarcerated individuals and help them navigate Delaware’s correctional system. This publication is aimed at providing information on demand in one easy to access document, answer common questions, and […]
Governor Matt Meyer Calls Extraordinary Session to Address Budget Shortfall
Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Friday, October 31, 2025
A recent report from the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council projects a $400 million revenue shortfall over the next three years WILMINGTON — Governor Matt Meyer today called the General Assembly to an extraordinary session to address a projected $400 million revenue shortfall over the next three years – all caused by federal tax […]
