Delaware’s SNAP Program Will Issue Additional Emergency Benefits for Use Starting Aug. 31
Delaware Health and Social Services | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020
Existing clients may receive these additional benefits to support food needs NEW CASTLE (Aug. 27, 2020) – Emergency benefits will be issued to participants of Delaware’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for August as part of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020. Under this federal act signed into law in March, the […]
Urban forestry director on U.S. Council of 1t.org
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Newsroom | Urban and Community Forestry | Date Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2020
Delaware’s urban forestry program director Kesha Braunskill has been named to the Stakeholder Council of the U.S. Chapter of 1t.org, an international effort to plant one trillion trees launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The U.S. is home to the first regional chapter of 1t.org. The U.S. chapter is supported by the 1t.org U.S. Stakeholder Council, a bipartisan group of senior-level representatives from government, business, civil society and academia who are informing the strategic direction of the initiative.
AG Jennings announces Honda airbag settlement
Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced an $85 million multistate settlement with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Honda of America Mfg., Inc. (collectively “Honda”), over allegations Honda concealed safety issues related to defects in the frontal airbag systems installed in certain Honda and Acura vehicles sold in the United States. The systems were designed […]
Weekly COVID-19 Update – Aug. 21, 2020: New Daily COVID Cases, Hospitalizations, Recoveries Remain Steady
Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020
A total of 16,770 positive cases of COVID-19 among Delaware residents have been reported to DPH since March 11, 2020, including 8,839 individuals who are considered recovered. For the second week in a row, the number of new daily COVID-19 cases remained below 100 per day.
Governor’s Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board Honors County Winners of Video PSA Scholarship Contest
Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 21, 2020
NEW CASTLE (Aug. 21, 2020) – The Delaware Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Board honored the winners of the third annual Organ Donor Awareness PSA Scholarship Contest at its virtual quarterly meeting Aug. 10. The board funds the video public service contest, open to all Delaware high school students, as a way to increase awareness […]
