Final ACA Individual Rate Increase 3% / Highmark to Rebate Over $5 Million to Small Groups
Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Dover, DE – Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro announced the 2019 Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) rates today. While Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware (Highmark BCBSD) proposed a rate increase of 5.7% for its 2019 individual Marketplace business, the Department of Insurance (“Department”) ultimately approved a 3% rate increase. Although, the initial proposed rate filing […]
DelDOT Announces New DMV Director
Department of Transportation | Division of Motor Vehicles | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018
Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) Secretary Jennifer Cohan has announced today that Jana Simpler has been hired as the new DMV Director and will join the Department on September 4, 2018. Jana is currently the Director of the Delaware Office of Highway Safety (DE OHS). She started her career in highway safety in 1997, serving […]
Health Officials Issue New Warning after 8 Deaths from Suspected Overdoses Occur Statewide in 4-Day Span
Delaware Health and Social Services | Department of Safety and Homeland Security | Former Governor John Carney (2017-2025) | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
NEW CASTLE (Aug. 14, 2018) – Eight people have died from suspected overdoses in a four-day span across the state causing Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) Secretary Dr. Kara Odom Walker to alert the community to the wave of deaths and urging people in active use to seek treatment immediately and to carry […]
Delaware wildfire crew on Idaho’s Copper Mountain Fire
Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, August 13, 2018
Twenty wildland firefighters from Delaware are battling the Copper Mountain Fire, a 180-acre blaze located four miles east of Eastport, Idaho on the Canadian border that is 20% contained as of August 12. Delaware’s crew comprises part of the 137 personnel currently assigned to the incident. Michael A. Valenti of Dover, Delaware’s state forester and crew boss for the team, reports that firefighters are working in rough terrain and completing very long hikes to and from the fire each day.
Delaware ranks third nationally in 2016 Election Performance Index, or EPI.
Department of Elections | Department of Elections - Kent County Office | Department of Elections - New Castle County Office | Department of Elections - State Election Commissioner | Department of Elections - Sussex County Office | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, August 10, 2018
Delaware’s 84% score ranks 3rd in MIT’s Election Performance Index, or EPI, released yesterday. The State ranks behind Vermont’s 86% and Minnesota’s 84%.
