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This home on North Franklin Street in Wilmington's Hilltop neighborhood is one of many targeted for redevelopment by the Land Bank. New reforms may be coming to the city-funded entity though after recent criticisms from city leaders. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY BRIANNA HILL

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Wilmington City Council vows to make Land Bank reforms

Jul 08, 2025

Offshore wind advocates packed Legislative Hall on the final day of the 2025 session to fight for passage of Senate Bill 159. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY ETHAN GRANDIN

Delaware

Local land use control highlighted 2025 legislative fights

Jul 07, 2025

Carlos Alejandro, a Yorklyn resident and advocate against the master plan, was thankful for the new DNREC administration's attention but still intends to oppose development of Auburn Valley. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY NICK STONESIFER

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Yorklyn residents notch win against secretive state-managed development

Jul 03, 2025

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Wilmington council to weigh ending city’s Land Bank

Jul 03, 2025

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ICE partnership ban leads approved Delaware immigration bills

Jul 02, 2025

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All students will be eligible for free breakfast at public schools across the state, regardless of need, under a new bill approved by the state legislature. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JULIA MEROLA

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Free breakfast, school board reform lead Delaware education bills passed

Jul 02, 2025

After two years of waiting, Delawareans will no longer need a prescription to legally purchase the drug in the state, beginning in August. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY BRIANNA HILL

Delaware

Legal Delaware recreational marijuana sales begin Aug. 1

Jul 01, 2025

The BelMead farm off Route 24 near Lewes in Sussex County | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JACOB OWENS

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New federal regulations delay high-speed internet in rural Delaware

Jun 30, 2025

The Christina School Board has been weighed down by several controversies in 2024 and 2025.

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House bill could prevent Christina School District board member from voting for leadership

Jun 30, 2025

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Wilmington Council split over private meeting that debated protests, committees

Jun 27, 2025

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Legislature approves loosening marijuana industry zoning. Will Meyer sign it?

Jun 27, 2025

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Emails show ICE reached out to Newark, New Castle

Jun 26, 2025

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Five bills reforming school administrations passed the Delaware Senate in June.| | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JULIA MEROLA

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Delaware school board reforms pass Senate, await governor’s signature

Jun 26, 2025

Julia Merola

Inmates in Building W of the Vaughn Correctional Center in Smyrna are without air conditioning amid a heatwave, but prison officials said they have offered to temporarily relocate the affected inmates. | PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA

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Some Vaughn inmates are without air conditioning during heatwave

Jun 25, 2025

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Karl Baker

Rep. Rae Moore alleged that House Speaker Melissa Minor-Brown has retaliated against her for not supporting Senate Bill 21. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY ETHAN GRANDIN

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Moore claims retaliation by House Speaker for not backing SB 21

Jun 24, 2025

Jacob Owens

Rep. Stell Parker Selby, seen here in 2024, has yet to attend a day of this year's legislative session after suffering a stroke last winter, according to sources. | PHOTO COURTESY OF DE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

Delaware

Rep. Parker Selby resigns after prolonged absence

Jun 24, 2025

Jacob Owens

Nick Stonesifer

Lawsuits against opioid manufacturers and distributors led to a settlement that provided more than $250 million to Delaware. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY JACOB OWENS

Delaware

Delaware recommends nearly $14M in opioid grants after turbulent two years

Jun 24, 2025

Nick Stonesifer

In the first four months of 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has charged more Delawareans with illegal reentry to the country than in all of 2024. | PHOTO COURTESY OF ICE

Delaware

ICE outreach to four Delaware police departments met with some reluctance

Jun 22, 2025

José-Ignacio Castañeda Perez

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