TRAFFIC ALERT – Removal and Replacement of Crossroad Pipe Will Require the...
Camden — The Department of Transportation (DelDOT) would like to alert motorists that the removal and replacement of a crossroad pipe will impact the following roadway: Sandtown Road between Chandlers...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – Signal Work Will Require Daytime Lane Closures at Rising Sun...
Camden — The Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) Traffic Signal Construction Section in conjunction with Kriss Contracting are scheduled to repair traffic signal equipment at the intersection of...
View ArticleDelaware beekeepers can join BeeCheck protection program
Delaware beekeepers can now participate in a new online tool to help protect them from pesticides that may drift due to weather or wind. The post Delaware beekeepers can join BeeCheck protection...
View ArticleGrants available to help farmers, agribusinesses with marketing, research and...
More than $300,000 in federal grant funding is now available for projects to help produce, market or access Delaware-grown fruit, vegetables and certain other crops. The Delaware Department of...
View ArticleDirect Marketing: Carper bemoans exigency's end, pleads for postal reform
The senator sounds the alarm for quick passage of his iPOST bill following Sunday’s historic drop in postal rates. The removal of the 4.3% exigent surcharge on Sunday moved Sen. Tom Carper—author of a...
View ArticleSenators Carper, Tillis Applaud Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Help Federal...
WASHINGTON – Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) applauded the Senate for passing S....
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – Roadway Restoration Will Require Road Closures near the...
Wilmington — The Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that the contractor for the DuPont Experimental Station at Brandywine Creek Crossing will be restoring the pavement, which will...
View ArticleBipartisan Senators Seek Information on Management of Federal Real Property
WASHINGTON – In light of a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining the federal government’s management of its real property holdings, a bipartisan group of Senators sent a letter...
View ArticleSenator Carper Highlights Annual Report of Duplicative Programs and Wasteful...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, reiterated the need to use taxpayer dollars efficiently and...
View ArticleWashington Post: Editorial: The high price of suddenly cheaper postal stamps
WE USUALLY do not complain when a commonly used consumer item gets cheaper, but first-class postage presents a bit of a special case. The sudden 2-cent drop in price, from 49 cents to 47 cents, on...
View ArticleHSGAC Hearing Statement: "America’s Insatiable Demand for Drugs"
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “America’s Insatiable Demand for Drugs.” Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member...
View ArticleHSGAC Hearing Statement: “The Federal Perspective on the State of Our...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “The Federal Perspective on the State of Our Nation’s Biodefense.” Below is the opening...
View ArticleSenator Carper Seeks Information on Delaware Health Insurance Companies’...
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del), the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent letters to the leaders of four major health insurance...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – Milling and Paving Will Require Daytime Lane Closures on SR...
Dover — WHEN: 8 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, pending weather Friday, April 15 through Friday, April 22 WHERE: SR 10 eastbound between SR 1/Bay Road and Pine Cabin Road Pine Cabin Road...
View ArticleViolent Felony Convictions Lead to Prison Sentences
Prosecutors within the Delaware Department of Justice had several significant successes recently, which will lead to prison sentences for several defendants. A Wilmington man is facing prison for a...
View ArticleDivision of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement to Co-Host 2016 NLLEA Training...
This annual, week-long symposium provides core courses focused on the fundamental foundation areas of alcohol law enforcement and sessions that explore the changing challenges and demands faced by law...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – SR 1, Thompsonville Grade Separated Intersection Project Will...
Milford — As part of the on-going SR 1, Thompsonville Grade Separated Intersection Project, the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) announces that their contractor Mumford and Miller...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – Reconstruction of Intersection Will Require the Closure of...
Ocean View — The Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) contractor, George & Lynch Inc., are scheduled to close Powell Farm Road and Omar Road at SR 26. The road closures will begin at 5 a.m. on...
View ArticleTRAFFIC ALERT – Daytime Lane & Shoulder Closures for Signal Work in Newport
Newport — The Department of Transportation’s (DelDOT) Traffic Signal Construction Section in conjunction with Byer’s Electric are scheduled to begin work on Monday, April 25 for the reconstruction of...
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Delaware’s students are shaping our future
Dear Friends, This week in my Washington D.C. office I was visited by two groups of Delaware students who represent the great spirit of innovation and progressive thinking that will help Delaware and...
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