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Jennings, Office of Defense Services, and Legislative Leaders Announce Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Package

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 15, 2019

DOVER – Lawmakers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and criminal justice reform advocates stood together Thursday to propose Delaware’s most comprehensive criminal justice reform effort in decades. The ambitious package of 19 bills aim to rebalance Delaware’s justice system by reducing the state’s high rate of recidivism, removing barriers to opportunity for inmates returning to society, and […]




Delaware FFA members take home state awards

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Students from across the state took home honors from the 89th Delaware State FFA Convention in Dover on Tuesday.




SkillsUSA students take home state awards

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Students from across the state took home honors from the SkillsUSA awards in Wilmington Wednesday.




Seek Treatment, Access to Naloxone: Three Suspected Heroin Overdose Deaths in Sussex Co. Involving Same Packet Stamp

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019

NEW CASTLE (March 13, 2019) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment and acquire the overdose-reversing medication naloxone on hand in the wake of three suspected heroin overdose deaths in five days in Sussex County involving the same […]




DPH Launches Smartphone App Featuring Lifesaving Instructions to Reverse an Opioid Overdose

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019

The Division of Public Health launched a new smartphone app that provides lifesaving step-by-step instructions on how to use naloxone during an opioid overdose.







  Category: Newsroom

Jennings, Office of Defense Services, and Legislative Leaders Announce Comprehensive Criminal Justice Reform Package

Department of Justice | Department of Justice Press Releases | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, March 15, 2019

DOVER – Lawmakers, prosecutors, defense attorneys and criminal justice reform advocates stood together Thursday to propose Delaware’s most comprehensive criminal justice reform effort in decades. The ambitious package of 19 bills aim to rebalance Delaware’s justice system by reducing the state’s high rate of recidivism, removing barriers to opportunity for inmates returning to society, and […]




Delaware FFA members take home state awards

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Students from across the state took home honors from the 89th Delaware State FFA Convention in Dover on Tuesday.




SkillsUSA students take home state awards

Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2019

Students from across the state took home honors from the SkillsUSA awards in Wilmington Wednesday.




Seek Treatment, Access to Naloxone: Three Suspected Heroin Overdose Deaths in Sussex Co. Involving Same Packet Stamp

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019

NEW CASTLE (March 13, 2019) – Health and public safety officials are urging people in active use of heroin or other opioids and their families to seek immediate treatment and acquire the overdose-reversing medication naloxone on hand in the wake of three suspected heroin overdose deaths in five days in Sussex County involving the same […]




DPH Launches Smartphone App Featuring Lifesaving Instructions to Reverse an Opioid Overdose

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2019

The Division of Public Health launched a new smartphone app that provides lifesaving step-by-step instructions on how to use naloxone during an opioid overdose.