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WHYY By Downtown Wilmington, Delaware and the Christina River (Tim Kiser via Wikimedia Commons) At the start of the pandemic last year, Delaware imposed a moratorium on evictions, an order that was modified by Gov. John Carney in July to allow evictions if they were “necessary in the interest of justice.” But pandemic or not, renters face an uphill battle once a landlord starts the eviction process. It’s a battle most tenants fight on their own. According to analysis by the University of ...

Todd Ryan Townsend, 30, of Ankeny, left, was arrested Monday on charges of animal neglect with serious injury or death and animal neglect with injury, and Amber Jane Robison, 26, of Ankeny, was arrested Friday on charges of animal neglect with serious injury or death and animal neglect with injury. Evander, a German shepherd weighing just 31 pounds, was saved “in the nick of time” from death by starvation, according to a spokesperson from the Animal Rescue League of Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa �...

Jack Guerin Special to the USA TODAY Network Through our recent national traumas, we’ve learned the importance of the rule of law.  No one in our society should be above the law including the Delaware General Assembly. As Thomas Jefferson warned, “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” Our lawmakers have used their lawmaking power to exempt themselves from the section of the Delaware Co...

47abc March 8, 2021   DELAWARE – State legislators are considering a bill that would make it a law that people have to clean snow and ice off their vehicles before driving. Senate Bill 64 would create a civil penalty for violation for those who fail to remove snow and ice from their vehicles. Bill sponsors also tell 47 ABC, the act creates a civil penalty for times when snow or ice dislodges from a moving vehicle and causes property damage, or physical injury. Delaware department of transpor...

Drivers in Delaware could be paying fines if they drive around with snow and ice on their cars, under proposed legislation.

Delaware must embrace paid family and medical leave | Opinion Liz Richards, Special to the USA TODAY Network © Jenna Miller/Delaware News Journal Lawmakers work out of Legislative Hall in Dover during the 2020 session. In winter of 2015, Nancy Lemus was in the hospital with her 9-year-old son, fearing the worst. Christopher was born with severe disabilities and had recently started experiencing head-to-toe muscle spasms that prevented him from breathing. When the doctors ente...

WHYY By (AP Photo/John Locher) Those numbers could be reduced with new laws requiring a permit and training to buy a gun, according to Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings. A gun permit law is number one on her list of legislative priorities. “There are too many guns on our streets and it’s too easy for criminals to get them,” Jennings said. “Owning a gun is a right and it is a responsibility. That’s why it’s time to join red and blue states alike in requiring a permit and train...

What the Capitol Hill attack revealed about America Trump supporters near the U.S Capitol, on January 6 2021. PHOTO: AFP What the Capitol Hill attack revealed about America Trump’s inept and weak attempt at contrition after the smoke cleared rang hollow Wasn’t the worst supposed to be behind us when 2020 finally slithered out the door? Apparently not for those us living in America. A revitalised pandemic, a slow and inefficient Covid-19 vaccination process and contested elections greeted t...