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Despite the challenges stemming from Covid-19, Delaware ranked first in a report issued earlier this year on the percentage increase of new home building permits.
Delaware recorded a 27 percent gain, above the figure for No. 2 Arizona.
The number of building permits in Delaware also topped figures in more heavily populated Nebraska and Maine.
The report from NeighborWho shows that housing demand increased by 14% in 2020, prompting the largest number of building permits issued since 2007 – before the housing market collapse in the Great Recession.
According to an analysis of government data, the more than 979,000 new homes represent the largest number of building permits issued since 2007 before the housing market collapsed in the 2009 recession.
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Requiring all police officers in the state to wear body cameras was part of the Delaware Black Caucus’ Justice for All agenda, unveiled last year following protests over the Minnesota police killing of George Floyd.
On Wednesday morning, members of the caucus joined other lawmakers at State Police Troop 2 in Glasgow as Gov. John Carney signed the legislation making the statewide program official.
“While we were trying to address a global pandemic and all of the racial unrest in our country, we were able to galvanize together, work together to present something to the citizens of Delaware to address the uncertainty that so many of them felt,” said State Sen. Darius Brown.