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DOVER- As activist Andrea Brown-Clarke said, a paid family and medical leave program is long overdue in Delaware. Sarah Mc-Bride, D- Claymont, the Healthy Delaware Families Act or Senate Bill 1 aims to create a statewide paid family and medical leave insurance program that offers 12 weeks of job-protected leave. Sen. McBride is hosting a series of roundtable...
Philadelphia Weather: Steamy Start To Week As Temperatures To Reach 90s On Monday CBS Philadelphia 8 hrs ago Syndicated Local – CBS Philly PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Most of the region enjoyed a dry Sunday evening, except for those in a few counties in the Delaware Valley. Showers and thunderstorms have been “training” over southern Chester County and northern New Castle County over the last several hours. Radar estimated rainfall totals nearing 4 inches in extreme southwestern Chester County. Showers and storms ‘training’ over southern Chester county could result in l...
Kathy Jennings Kathleen Jennings Flavored tobacco products pose a significant danger to our public health and are fueling a growing epidemic of tobacco use in Delaware. While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has an opportunity to prohibit menthol cigarettes and take a step toward mitigating the harms of flavored tobacco products in our communities, Delaware can do more, and it should start with introducing and passing legislation to end the sale of flavored tobacco products. Let’s be clear: Menthol is a flavor. And just like candy, mint, and fruit flavors, tobacco companies use menthol...
Joseph Lawson Joseph Lawson On March 7, a one-of-a-kind event took place in Delaware. A youth-led group, supported by local adults, marched across the Indian River bridge in a nonpartisan event to honor and commemorate the life and work of civil rights pioneer John Lewis. Even more amazing is that these young people both came up with this idea and worked to take it from what might have seemed an impossible fantasy to a reality. March 7 was the 66th anniversary of the John Lewis-led march of the Selma bridge, aka Bloody Sunday. That march is credited as leading to the Voting Rights Act...
Delaware Business Now Reading Time: 2 minutes Do More 24 Delaware raised nearly $2 million in the 24 hours between 6 p.m. March 4 and 6 p.m. March 5, shattering last year’s grand total and pumping in more than 10,000 donations to nearly 400 nonprofits statewide. By contrast, the Do More 24 Delaware event in 2020 raised $390,691 in 24 hours across 276 participating nonprofits. All 501(c)(3) nonprofits serving Delaware were eligible to participate in Do More 24 Delaware.Nonprofits and individuals created fundraising pages to drive donor support and donors searched for their favorite nonprofi...