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The Food Bank of Delaware, and others across the country, are facing challenges. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted scheduled shipments of vital food aid, leaving us with little time to fill the gap for thousands of food-insecure residents.
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3/21/25
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In response to Doris W. Draper: You submit that the travel of President Donald Trump is wasteful, but you neglect to mention that every president has made what the general public would consider wasteful decisions during his time in the Oval Office (“Government waste starts with Trump himself”).
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3/21/25
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In the debate over rent stabilization, facts must take precedence over rhetoric. Unfortunately, some rent stabilization activists have resorted to misinformation and attacks rather than addressing the core issue: Delaware’s severe housing shortage.
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3/21/25
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DOVER — In Kathy Strong’s words, this is a story of “faith, hope and love — my love for another person even though we never met.”
For more than 38 years, she wore a …
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 By Andrew West
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3/21/25
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I wanted to give my 2 cents on the recent actions of “King” Donald Trump and his “Vice President” Elon Musk.
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3/21/25
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I would like to echo the support expressed by Cindy Dillon of the importance of a bottle bill in Maryland (“Marylanders need to support bottle bill”). I walk and bike throughout Wicomico County and am saddened by all the litter along roads, mostly beverage containers.
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3/21/25
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Deanna Killen wrote an Opinion titled, “Join me in protecting fairness in girls’ sports.”
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3/21/25
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The state House of Representatives narrowly voted to send the proposed establishment of medical aid in dying to the Senate on March 18, after debate that centered on a potential expansion of the policy.
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3/21/25
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Many may not know it, but Delaware is on the verge of crisis.
Multiple major companies incorporated in our state, from The Trade Desk to Dropbox, have announced intentions to move elsewhere, with some, like The Trade Desk, already having left. Others, such as Meta, are on the brink.
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By Ben duPont
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3/21/25
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Are you struggling with child care availability and/or costs? Do you feel that our area has accessible day care facilities for children of all ages? If not, how has your family adjusted? What can be done by the state to ease these needs?
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3/21/25
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Microplastics — the breakdown of plastic materials into microscopic (unseeable) particles in our water and soil — are now everywhere in our environment and are impacting wildlife and human health at a level we are just starting to understand.
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3/20/25
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It is nice for Kristin Froehlich to have her opinion on transgender girls in female sports; it’s very open-minded (“Transgender girls deserve to play”).
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3/20/25
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We are writing to urge you to vote no on Senate Bill 21.
According to published reports, SB 21 seeks to rewrite Delaware law in response to a disgruntled litigant, Elon Musk, who is lashing out at the state’s judiciary rulings against his attempted $56 billion pay grab.
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By John D. Flaherty
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3/19/25
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Since 1989, there have been 3,659 exonerations in the U.S., a staggering reminder that countless individuals have unjustly spent time behind bars for crimes they did not commit. In that same amount of time, there have only been four exonerations in Delaware, making it a state with one of the lowest numbers of wrongful convictions per capita nationwide.
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By Jessica Auletta
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3/19/25
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It was reported recently that the city of Dover is considering a rate hike for water and wastewater services (“Dover officials mull water/wastewater rate increase”). Once again, the mayor and City Council have failed the citizens of Dover. They justify these hikes due to increases in materials/supplies to ensure safe water.
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3/19/25
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The efforts of Congress to curb the influence of figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk are shockingly insufficient. As Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., warns, the stakes have never been higher for our republic.
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3/19/25
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Transgender girls are girls. They sense themselves to be girls. Their brains recognize that they are girls. They take medications (sometimes) to help their bodies be more consistent with their essential girlness. No matter how much folks like Sen. Bryant Richardson, R-Seaford, insist that they are not girls, transgender girls are girls.
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By Kristin Froehlich
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3/18/25
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Delaware joined other East Coast states to create the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, basically a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Power plants must buy emission allowances at quarterly auctions and turn them in based on emission levels.
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By David T. Stevenson
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3/18/25
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I’ve become tired of certain factions on the far right making much to do about transgender females “unfairly” participating in girls’ sports in the name of maintaining essential equity.
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3/17/25
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The following letter was delivered to Delaware Senate Pro Tempore Dave Sokola, D-Newark.
As a former 16-year colleague of in the Delaware legislature, I cannot begin to express my disappointment in you and the Democratic leaders in the Senate.
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3/17/25
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