2018 District/Charter Teachers of the Year named
Department of Education | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
Twenty Delaware teachers are finalists to be named Delaware’s 2018 Teacher of the Year. Selected from among the 9,000 public school teachers in the state, the candidates were nominated by their districts or the Delaware Charter School Network because of their ability to inspire students with a love of learning, demonstration of professional traits and […]
Don’t Get Sick from Your Holiday Picnic
Division of Public Health | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
DOVER — Summer months mean picnics, days at the beach, camping, and road trips. But as temperatures continue to rise, so do your chances of contracting a foodborne illness if you do not properly handle and sanitize your food. The Division of Public (DPH) Health Office of Food Protection encourages Delawareans to be mindful of […]
Commissioner Navarro Approves MetLife-Brighthouse Spinoff
Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
Dover, DE – Delaware Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro today announced his final regulatory approval of MetLife, Inc.’s long announced plans to spin-off its U.S. retail life and annuity insurance businesses into insurance subsidiaries of newly formed Brighthouse Financial, Inc. The Commissioner’s approval allows the company to transition 1.3 million life insurance policyholders and 1.5 million […]
The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit Elisabeth Bard’s “Divisions Upon a Ground” Photographs
Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
Wilmington, Del. (June 29, 2017) – Divisions Upon a Ground will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from July 7-28, 2017. Please note that there will not be an opening reception this month. The exhibit title, inspired by Renaissance music, refers to elaborations and enrichments on a simple theme. In this body of work, Bard […]
Driver Fairness Bill Passes General Assembly
Insurance Commissioner | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 29, 2017
Dover, DE – On June 27, 2017, the Delaware State Senate voted nearly unanimously (20-1) to pass House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (“HS 1 for HB 80”). This measure, a substitute to the Department of Insurance’s original HB 80, targets unfair discriminatory practices used by automobile insurance companies to determine premium costs. “For […]
