Spotlight Delaware

Educators are optimistic about how a recent addition to Delaware's budget could help students who are facing homelessness: https://ow.ly/w9sH50Z7nLl

Delaware voters must change their political party affiliation by Friday, May 29 if they want to vote in September’s primary elections, where a vast array of government offices will be up for grabs throughout the state. Need to change your info? Learn how: https://ow.ly/jPhN50Z5mU2

A new report ranked Delaware among the top states for math proficiency recovery rates since the COVID pandemic, and highlighted four districts' progress. Still, leaders in education want to see schools complete the climb back up to pre-pandemic proficiency levels. https://ow.ly/UCXb50Z5lCq

Officials met earlier in May to discuss healthcare overspending in Delaware, a state with some of the highest healthcare costs in the country. Subscribe for free for updates on healthcare issues: https://ow.ly/WO7B50Z2rhG On our site, read the full story about the meeting: https://ow.ly/ARMt50Z2rfm

Fed up with high healthcare costs in the First State, Delaware lawmakers introduced Senate Bill 13 on Tuesday to greatly increase patient eligibility for free treatment – charity care – from the state’s nonprofit hospitals. https://ow.ly/lwyS50YZ9qv

Seven Delaware districts held school board elections Tuesday, and in races that can determine students' scholastic outcomes, voters often opted for transparency-minded newcomers over incumbents. More from the polls, here: https://ow.ly/CQKh50YZ34a

In recent years, the unhoused community in Wilmington has grown in size. A Monday announcement that Wilmington's only legally-sanctioned homeless encampment will close next month has left residents and advocates scrambling for solutions. https://ow.ly/nHf650YYtBW