Delaware

For many, impact of Saturday's vote hits close to home

By ADAM TAYLOR and KELLY BOTHUM • The News Journal • November 8, 2009 Liz Allen of Wilmington says the health care system in Delaware is failing her grown autistic son. That's why she was among thousands of state residents who...

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Parental involvement still the best teacher of all

Bill would allow leave for school activities By JENNIFER PRICE • The News Journal • November 8, 2009 Budget-strapped lawmakers and educators say increasing parental involvement is the best way to improve Delaware public...

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Child car crash survivors face emotional challenge

Loss of family, stability doubly difficult for young, experts say By DAN SHORTRIDGE • The News Journal • November 8, 2009 In the month since the crash that killed her parents and younger brother, leaving her the sole survivor,...

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Danger spots on U.S. 113 overhauled

Sussex highway is state's deadliest per mile -- There's the initial stop, the catch in the throat, as her car rolls up to the intersection from along the rural country road and sits, waiting for the stream of cars, pickups and...

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Landfill fee hike asked by agency

Haulers, local governments resist 50 percent increase By JEFF MONTGOMERY • The News Journal • November 8, 2009 Delaware households and businesses face a big surprise at their wastebaskets next year: a 50 percent landfill fee...

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Allamerican Ingot filly wins in 1:53.2

All Heart Gal, a daughter of Royalstar Farm's new US stallion, Allamerican Ingot, took a new lifetime mark of 1:53.2f when she captured a $33,213 elimination of the Matron Stake for two-year-old harness racing fillies at Dover...

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Delaware beats Switzerland as most secretive financial center

As a testiment to Delaware's secrecy, I barely knew it existed. Reuters : Move over Switzerland. The tiny state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice...

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State to appeal Cooke verdict

U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to hear case By SEAN O'SULLIVAN • The News Journal • November 7, 2009 WILMINGTON -- Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden said Friday that his office will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the...

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Dems Exploit Infant Deaths to Sell ObamaCare

There are lies, there are damned lies, and there are the statistics that Democrats have ginned up to try to sell ObamaCare. The most recent example comes from statistics bandied about by their media mouthpieces this week...

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Jobless claims highest since '83

Unemployment rate tops 10 percent in Oct. By ERIC RUTH • The News Journal • November 7, 2009 News that the national unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October came almost as an anticlimax Friday, since economists and...

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