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Seeking Public Feedback
Date Posted: August 8, 2025

OMC Retail Sales Launch

Delaware Reports Strong Start to Recreational Marijuana Sales
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

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AG Jennings sues to block unlawful attacks on medically necessary health care for transgender youth
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

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Meyer, Jennings secure major win as Department of Education restores previously withheld funding
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

DNREC, USFWS and Tri-State Bird Rescue Collaborate to Rehab Adult Piping Plover
Date Posted: August 6, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces 2025 Delaware Women’s Hall Of Fame Inductees
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

Delaware Launches Legal Adult-Use Cannabis Sales Today
Date Posted: August 1, 2025

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Storm Could Bring Localized Flooding And Damaging Winds
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Unveiling of New State Historical Marker Honoring Rehoboth Beach Patrol
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Opening of New Grant Cycle
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Governor Meyer Tours Cannabis Cultivation Facility Ahead of Recreational Sales Launch
Date Posted: July 31, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation Requiring CPR, First Aid, AED Training for Coaches
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

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New Insights into Delaware’s Revolutionary War Regiment at the Archives’ August First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

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AG Jennings sues Trump Administration for blocking Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funding
Date Posted: July 30, 2025

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AG Jennings challenges Trump Administration’s withholding of funds from AmeriCorps
Date Posted: July 28, 2025

Elsmere Fire
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Join DOC’s Fall 2025 Citizens Academy
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Voting Information for the State Representative District 20 Special Election
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Leadership Transition
Date Posted: July 24, 2025

DATE Reaccreditation

DATE Reaccredited by Delaware Police Accreditation Commission
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

Delaware Launches Bold AI Sandbox Initiative, Cementing Its Role as a National Leader in Responsible Tech Innovation
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

DSB Unveils EDGE 2.0 – A New Era of Opportunity!
Date Posted: July 23, 2025

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Lowering of Flags to Honor the Passing of 1st Lt. Ray Firmani
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

New state records were set recently for two invasive fish species in Delaware. Jason Wise holds his 33-pound, 15.68 ounce Flathead Catfish (left above) while Dyllan Rust of Harrington hauled in a 15-pound 8-ounce Northern Snakehead breaking a record set only a month before Rust made his catch.

DNREC Confirms New State Records for Two Invasive Fish Species Increasingly Sought After by Anglers
Date Posted: July 22, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Several Health-Related Bills Strengthening Protections for Overlooked Populations
Date Posted: July 21, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Departure of DHSS Secretary Josette Manning
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

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Delaware Forest Service Mobilized Wildfire Engine to Grand Junction, CO
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Bipartisan Group of Governors Issuing Joint Letter to Grid Operator PJM
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Dover angler Logan Smith made a new state record catch for Golden Tilefish

DNREC Confirms New State Record Golden Tilefish
Date Posted: July 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Joins Other Governors to Demand Trump Administration Release Withheld Funding
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

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AG Jennings Secures over $96K Settlement Following HIV Drug Kickback Investigation
Date Posted: July 17, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Legislation to Bring Down Energy Prices, Protect Environmental Resources and Wildlife
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

EDGE 2.0 Informational Webinar Scheduled for July 23rd
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

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Get an insider’s look at correctional “Good Time” on July 21
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

Class “L” Fire Extinguishers
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

A new DNREC a mapping study models and predicts the most suitable areas for Delaware’s tidal wetlands to migrate as the state experiences sea level rise as an impact of climate change. Marsh migration is the movement of tidal wetlands from their current habitat, away from rising sea levels toward higher and drier ground, to avoid being drowned.

DNREC Releases Updated Marsh Migration Model
Date Posted: July 16, 2025

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Treasurer Davis Applauds Passage of Electronic Payments Bill
Date Posted: July 15, 2025

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Attorney General Jennings sues Trump for freezing $6.8 billion in education grants weeks before school year start
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs Legislation Protecting Vulnerable Communities
Date Posted: July 14, 2025

DDC Is Seeking Community Feedback
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

This aerial photograph from the 1990s demonstrates how the sand bypass system sucks up water and sand, creating unstable conditions that can include dangerous rip currents. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

DNREC to Begin Sand Bypass Testing July 14
Date Posted: July 11, 2025

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DelDOT Toll and Fee Increases Coming Soon to Support Infrastructure Investments
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

The Ommelanden Hunting Education and Training Center will be temporarily closed for trap, skeet and 5-stand shooting while a lead recovery project takes place in some of the center's range fields.

DNREC Sets July 14 Temporary Closure of Ommelanden Hunter Ed Training Center’s Trap, Skeet and 5-Stand Ranges
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

Delaware 250 Announces Spring 2025 Grant Recipients
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

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Chesapeake Customers to Face First Base Gas Rate Hike in 9 Years
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

DPA Liberty Trail Scavenger Hunt

Can You Find the Liberty Trail? A Photographic Scavenger Hunt Through Dover, Delaware
Date Posted: July 10, 2025

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Date Posted: July 9, 2025

DPA First Saturday

Explore Delaware’s Revolutionary Homefront at the Archives’ July First Saturday Program
Date Posted: July 9, 2025

Delaware Libraries Launch 2025 Summer Library Reading Program
Date Posted: July 8, 2025

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First State TSA students earn national honors, showcase CTE success at 2025 conference
Date Posted: July 7, 2025

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Office of Supplier Diversity Announces Statewide Bonding Pilot Program for Small and Diverse Contractors
Date Posted: July 7, 2025

DNREC News release

Swim Advisory for Rehoboth Avenue Beach Lifted on July 4 by DNREC
Date Posted: July 4, 2025

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State Auditor Issues Special Report on Special Education Teacher Certification and Licensure
Date Posted: July 3, 2025

Lt. Governor Gay Appointed Chair Of State’s Interagency Early Childhood Education Services Committee
Date Posted: July 3, 2025

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DOJ secures prison time for fraudulent home improvement contractor
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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Delaware SkillsUSA students bring home awards from 2025 National Leadership & Skills Conference
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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AG Jennings protects Delaware workers from unlawful payroll deductions
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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22 Businesses and Organizations Awarded First State Food System Grants
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

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Revolutionary Lives Exhibit Opens July 3 to Kick Off Countdown to America’s 250th
Date Posted: July 2, 2025

Delaware Improves Workers’ Compensation Act
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Governor Matt Meyer Signs FY2026 Appropriations Bills with Historic Investments, Celebrates Major Legislative Victories
Date Posted: July 1, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Bill to Improve Prescription Distribution
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

The Child Protection Accountability Commission Releases its Quarterly Report on Child Abuse Deaths and Near Deaths
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

The following image shows DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation website and a stack of trading cards featuring photos of each state park and the Brandywine Zoo. At the bottom is a statue of the Communicator Award and the DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation seal.

DNREC Division of Parks and Recreation Wins Creative Services Awards
Date Posted: June 30, 2025

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Statement from AG Jennings on Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship ruling
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

Lt. Governor Gay Applauds Passage Of House Bill 169(S)
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

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Delaware Office Of Highway Safety “Sober Rides” Returns To Support Safer Travel During The July Fourth Holiday
Date Posted: June 27, 2025

Governor Meyer Swears in Judge Monica A. Horton to New Castle County Superior Court
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

Public Announcement: School Nutrition Programs
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

DNREC News release

DNREC Schedules Additional Regulatory Review Event, Virtual Forum Seeking More Input on Unamended Regulations
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

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AG Jennings applauds passage of major consumer protection legislation
Date Posted: June 26, 2025

Emergency Sirens Test On July 1, 2025
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

Speaker Minor-Brown, Sen. Poore, Gov. Meyer, DNREC Announce Funding for New Air Monitoring Near Delaware City Refinery
Date Posted: June 25, 2025

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AG Jennings announces two major murder indictments
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

Employee Background Check Bills Signed into Law
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

Fireworks
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

DNREC News release

DNREC Issues Notice of Violations to Refinery for March Emissions Release
Date Posted: June 24, 2025

Wilmington Fire
Date Posted: June 23, 2025

Governor Meyer Signs Executive Order Protecting Gender-Affirming Care Providers And Patients
Date Posted: June 21, 2025

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Fourteen Individuals Complete POST Approved Instructor Course
Date Posted: June 20, 2025

Division of Small Business Unveils New Logo Reflecting Unity, Vibrancy, and Forward Momentum
Date Posted: June 20, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Jennifer Donahue Sworn in as Sussex County Family Court Judge
Date Posted: June 18, 2025

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AG Jennings launches Open Doors Project
Date Posted: June 18, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces $6.5 Million Credit Program For Delawareans Struggling With Utility Bills
Date Posted: June 18, 2025

State of Delaware Auditor of Accounts Seal

Delaware State Auditor’s Office Passes National Peer Review
Date Posted: June 18, 2025

Gov. Meyer Joins Reproductive Freedom Alliance, Cites Urgency to Protect Emergency Abortion Care, Reproductive Rights
Date Posted: June 17, 2025

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AG Jennings applauds judge’s ruling blocking Trump Administration from illegally cutting public health research
Date Posted: June 17, 2025

DSB and BioConnect DE Announce STAR Fund Details
Date Posted: June 17, 2025

Governor Meyer Appoints Student Board Member to State Board of Education
Date Posted: June 17, 2025

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DOJ secures lengthy prison sentence for Bear drug dealer who sold fentanyl that caused fatal overdose
Date Posted: June 16, 2025

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Purdue Pharma settlement secures final AG signatures
Date Posted: June 16, 2025

The American Kestrel, among the smallest raptors in the world, is one of the more prominent Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) in Delaware. The big brown bat (below) is another of the state's SCGN species and, like the kestrel, also struggling elsewhere as well with misfortune such as White-nose Syndrome having stricken North America's bat population. /DNREC photos

Comments Sought on Draft Delaware Wildlife Action Plan Draft List of Threats and Conservation Actions
Date Posted: June 16, 2025

Joint Statement from Delaware’s Elected Leaders on the Violence in Minnesota
Date Posted: June 14, 2025

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Code Red Air Quality Alert Issued for Northern Delaware Due to Wildfire Smoke
Date Posted: June 14, 2025

Governor Meyer Convenes Statewide Roundtable on Medical Debt Solutions
Date Posted: June 13, 2025

Two-time and back-to-back Delaware Youth Fishing Tournament Champion Kohen Marvel of Smyrna center accepts congratulations from Delaware Natural Resources Police Sgt. Shane Sapp and Sr. Cpl. Thomas Passwaters of the Fish and Wildlife Unit /DNREC photo

Smyrna Angler, Age 9, Wins 39th Annual Youth Fishing Tournament
Date Posted: June 13, 2025

2026 Compass Grant Briefing

(Webinar) Go Global with Grant Funding: The 2026 Compass Grant Briefing
Date Posted: June 12, 2025

Representatives of Main Street organizations across DE with their certificates.

Fifteen DE Main Street Programs Earn National Designations
Date Posted: June 12, 2025

DPA Unusual Treasures Exhibit

Delaware Public Archives Reveals Delaware’s Unusual Treasures in New Digital Exhibit
Date Posted: June 10, 2025

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AG Jennings: Trump won’t protect the innocent. Delaware must.
Date Posted: June 10, 2025

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Volunteers Sought for 38th Delaware Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 13

Volunteer registration is now open for the 38th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, set for Saturday, Sept. 13, at more than 45 sites statewide. Hosted by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, this popular annual event invites volunteers to help maintain the state’s beaches and waterways from 9 a.m. to noon. Individuals and groups can sign up today at de.gov/coastalcleanup.

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Volunteers Sought for 38th Delaware Coastal Cleanup Saturday, Sept. 13

Volunteer registration is now open for the 38th annual Delaware Coastal Cleanup, set for Saturday, Sept. 13, at more than 45 sites statewide. Hosted by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, this popular annual event invites volunteers to help maintain the state’s beaches and waterways from 9 a.m. to noon. Individuals and groups can sign up today at de.gov/coastalcleanup.

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Department of Labor | Featured Posts | Industrial Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2025

DE Dept of Labor Launches Youth Workforce Connect Call

Featured Posts | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, August 4, 2025

Governor Meyer Opens Nominations For Governor’s Awards

Delaware Division of the Arts | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery

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Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

DNREC Opens Applications for 2026 Community Environmental Project Fund Grants Through Aug. 31

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Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2025

DPH Offers Back-to-School and Sports Physicals at Clinics Across Delaware

Featured Posts | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Partnership for $50 Million in Medical Debt Elimination

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Delaware Division of the Arts | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery

Department of Labor | Featured Posts | Industrial Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, August 7, 2025

DE Dept of Labor Launches Youth Workforce Connect Call

Featured Posts | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Monday, August 4, 2025

Governor Meyer Opens Nominations For Governor’s Awards

Delaware Division of the Arts | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery

DNREC News release

Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

DNREC Opens Applications for 2026 Community Environmental Project Fund Grants Through Aug. 31

A flyer with the dates, times, and locations of the Back-to-School & Sports Physical Day availability through DPH.

Delaware Health and Social Services | Division of Public Health | Featured Posts | Newsroom | Date Posted: Wednesday, July 30, 2025

DPH Offers Back-to-School and Sports Physicals at Clinics Across Delaware

Featured Posts | Governor Matt Meyer | Newsroom | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Governor Meyer Announces Partnership for $50 Million in Medical Debt Elimination

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Delaware Division of the Arts | Featured Posts | Featured Video | Mezzanine Gallery | Date Posted: Friday, August 1, 2025

Divine Nature: Shilpi’s Vibrant Fusion of Indian Folk Art Blooms at the Mezzanine Gallery