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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 entered the room and told her that Christopher would need to be transitioned to palliative care, she und...

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 training to purchase a gun.” She said permit laws have been shown to reduce gun homicides by 40% and su...

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 the New Year. And then came January 6, 2021 and the assault on Capitol Hill. Will that be the end, th...