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Artist rendering of proposed Milford Middle School buidling In November 2020, the Milford School District was awarded a Certificate of Necessity by the Department of Education to proceed with the process to conduct a referendum in order to refurbish the former Milford Middle School building on Lakeview Avenue. On Mon, April 19, the board agreed to reconvene a committee to confirm the request for a new school. “We need to start having that conversation again about the decision the board will h...

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...

The ACLU of Delaware, National Homelessness Law Center and other advocates are encouraging the state legislature to consider repealing laws that criminalize panhandling, instead of passing House Bill 58, which keeps penalties in place but uses the legal process to connect homeless people facing panhandling charges with social services.Coastal Point • Submitted The ACLU of Delaware (ACLU-DE), National Homelessness Law Center (NHLC), and other community advocates sent a letter to members of ...

Interest in sustainable and impact investing strategies has been growing at an accelerating rate, and more and more advisors are implementing such strategies. But what happens when the investments are being considered inside of a trust? Since Trustees invest and manage trust assets for the benefit of others and not for themselves, they are subject to legal duties and responsibilities when dealing with trust assets known as fiduciary duties.  How does a fiduciary duties analysis work in this co...

The Kent County Department of Elections, in accordance with Title 14, Chapter 10 of Delaware Code, will publicly advertise the upcoming school board elections. The Milford School Board has the authority to administer and to supervise the schools of the Milford School District, and to determine policy and adopt rules and regulations for the general administration and supervision of the schools. Such administration, supervision and policy shall be conducted and formulated in accordance with Delaw...

Business Law Prof Blog Professor Megan Wischmeier Shaner (Associate Dean for Research & Scholarship; Presidents Associates Presidential Professor of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law) recently published Privately Ordered Fiduciaries (28 Geo. Mason L. Rev. 345 (2020)). Below is an excerpt from the Introduction that might be of interest to readers. Over the past two decades, legal and practical hurdles to developing doctrine addressing the corporate officer have been cleared away. In 20...

January 16, 2021 WILMINGTON, Del. – Governor John Carney on Friday signed Executive Order #47 [governor.delaware.gov], activating the Delaware National Guard to assist state and local authorities with activity around the 2021 Presidential Inauguration. According to the order, the Guard may take proactive or responsive action at the direction of the Director of the Delaware Emergency Management Agency (DEMA), in consultation with the Secretary of the Delaware Department of Safety and Homeland...

Us? >> you did not just go there. unbelievable. >> what did i say that set you off this time? >> forget it. >> i cant forget what never happened. >> you are just like your mother. >> she is not a bad person to be like, andy. >> i meant your real mother. >> thats an old internet rumor. >> who do you think started it? . is you are just like the woman i pretended was your fake mom. >> i dont think so. kay ballard, really? >> she could have been your mom. should we drag this out longer? >> yes. >> i...