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High electricity bills remain a front-burner issue for many Delawareans, who face rising bills with no end in sight. Just last week, the state’s Public Service Commission approved a small interim rate increase for Delmarva Power that goes into effect this month while the PSC considered Delmarva’s full rate increase request. This came on the heels of lawmakers passing a bill that sought to cap what...

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we take another opportunity to highlight work from a student journalist at the University of Delaware. This time — as the nation celebrated its 250th birthday here in 2026 — recent UD grad Delaney Lowe took a deep dive into the political climate in the U.S., a climate that felt tremendously polarized. And during a semester-long look at this political divide, Lowe repor...

In the 1930s, with the US in the throes of the Great Depression, President Franklin Roosevelt offered a sweeping job creation agenda. That included jobs for artists, and New Deal programs produced some of the most memorable American art in history.40 years later, another president, Richard Nixon, signed the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. And like in the New Deal, artists were included...

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This weekend marks the 250th anniversary of the United States of America. While many fire up their grills and set off fireworks this weekend to mark the occasion, many others have been hosting or attending events across the state throughout May and June. Delaware Public Media reporters attended several of these events to give you a flavor for these events - and find out what this anniversary means...

Ross Mansion in Seaford is home to Delaware’s lone remaining dwelling that was once inhabited by enslaved people. The number of these dwellings nationwide is dwindling in part because they were made with shoddy materials and in part because there has been little effort to preserve them until recent years. But historians say these spaces are incredibly valuable as they provide a window into enslave...

This week's Arts Playlist is just that - a playlist. To mark America's 250th birthday, Delaware Public Media's Martin Matheny reached out to some of the musicians he talks to for Arts Playlist throughout the year and asked them to choose one piece of American classical music for this - our America 250 playlist. Here's what Martin and some of the First State's top musicians assembled.

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All the 2026 World Cup’s games are in North America, with the United States – including Philadelphia - getting their share of matches featuring teams from all over the world. On top of that, The US men’s national team is playing well in the event, adding even more excitement. This week, Delaware Public Media’s Isreal Hale sat down with John Allgood, a Sports Management instructor in the University...

Fireworks... you either love them or hate them. And the approaching July 4th holiday is centered around them. Add to that 2026 being the nation’s 250th anniversary, and the upcoming Independence Day will likely see massive displays including some “unofficial” displays. But there are laws in Delaware to ensure safety and lessen fireworks’ health and environmental impact. As a matter of fact, just t...

The Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library opened an ambitious and wide-ranging exhibit telling the stories of its land and buildings, and the site's evolution from a private home to a center for scholarship and conservation. Called "At Home at Winterthur," the five-year exhibit brought together rarely seen objects from the site's centuries of history to mark Winterthur's 75th anniversary as a mus...

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we headed back to the University of Delaware to highlight more work from student journalists. These pieces were produced by UD Communications students for a class taught by Nancy Karibjanian, a long-time First State journalist, Director of UD’s Journalism Program, and one of the founders of Delaware Public Media.

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Earlier this year, the state of Delaware offered an updated plan to address so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water, soil and air. But mitigating the presence of PFAS chemicals is complicated and costly effort. And under the Trump Administration, the federal government’s support for that effort is something of a mixed bag. While the EPA recently announced it will spend $1 billion nationwid...

When the new Claymont Transportation Center opened in December 2024, it completed some two decades of work to bring a new train station to Claymont, and was hailed as a foundational piece in the effort to redevelop the former Claymont Steel site and surrounding community. But a year and a half year later, the facility was largely underutilized, sparking a new effort to make the Claymont Transporta...

"The Thomas Crown Affair," "How to Steal a Million," "Ocean's 12" - art heists are a popular subject for films, TV, and books. A talk on Thursday, June 25, presented by the Biggs Museum of American Art brings two experts to Dover’s Schwartz Center for the Arts to talk about real-life art crimes. One of those experts is Robert Wittman, a former FBI special agent who founded the bureau's Art Crimes...

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we headed to the University of Delaware to highlight work from student journalists – pieces produced by UD Communications students for a class taught by Nancy Karibjanian, a long-time First State journalist, Director of UD’s Journalism Program, and one of the founders of Delaware Public Media.

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A Superior Court judge recently ruled the town of Fenwick Island’s policy allowing artificial entities like LLCs to vote in its municipal elections is legal, rejecting an ACLU lawsuit against the small coastal town challenging the practice. Although it was a lower court ruling that didn't set policy or precedent for the state, the decision attracted attention from national media outlets. And a lea...

The Trump administration has prioritized an overhaul of longstanding immigration laws such as the removal of temporary protection status. The latest attempt was a memo released in May 2026, placing restrictions on “adjustment of status” applications, more commonly known as green card applications. This meant people applying for lawful permanent residence in the USA would be required to leave the c...