Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an avowed anti-vaxxer. He has been very outspoken, claiming, falsely, that vaccines cause autism and that the polio vaccine killed many more people than polio ever did.

In response to Dr. Michael Katz’s Opinion, Americans are more than ready for Congress to have term limits (“Americans are ready for Congress term limits”).

In response to the Opinion by Jordan McClements, what can I do to help (“Delaware remains in an overdose crisis”)? I lost a grandson to fentanyl. The coroner ruled his death an accidental overdose because no other drugs were found, and there was no evidence of drug use.

Stan Lakey’s recent letter to the Daily State News reads less like a sober critique of fiscal policy and more like a fevered rant constructed from economic myths and political blinders (“Here’s what Americans should truly fear”).

In response to the Opinion by Maria Matos, it is unfortunate that advocates conflate immigration with illegal immigration (“Ban sought for 287(g) ICE partnerships”). No one wants immigrants to worry about their lives in Delaware if they came to the country the legal and proper way.

Tail-wagging, heartwarming moments with our pets are the building blocks of family memories. But, if state lawmakers pass House Bill 131, introduced May 1, these scenes could become less common in Delaware.

Delaware is facing millions of dollars in funding cuts to vital health programs and resources. This means that health access and outcomes for thousands of people are literally on the line.

On Earth Day, April 22, 1970, my husband (a military veteran) and I were at Fort Miles, in a little cabin, which we had rented through the Fort Meade community’s recreation office.

Memo to the Delaware General Assembly: Senate Concurrent Resolution 65 is pending action. The resolution requests that the state of Delaware, the city of Dover and Kent County Levy Court work with the city of Wilmington to bring a statue of Caesar Rodney on horseback — originally erected in the northern city and now in storage — to a suitable location in Dover or the surrounding area.

Gov. Matt Meyer is right to call Delaware’s current literacy levels a crisis. With only 26% of Delaware fourth graders reading proficiently, the state ranks near the bottom in the nation. This isn’t about a failing school system. We’re failing as a community.

I am astounded by the fear of the Trump haters in their recent letters in the Daily State News.

All work related to the Legislative Hall expansion project was officially suspended May 5, following a vote by the committee that provides oversight to the $122 million addition and parking garage construction.

Delaware’s House of Representatives defeated a bill May 6 that would recognize valid first-cousin marriages obtained outside the state. Though the bill appeared questionable on its face, lead sponsor Rep. Madinah Wilson-Anton explained that it would not legalize first-cousin marriages in Delaware. The legislation resulted from a constituent’s concern with his wife’s application for U.S. citizenship.

Jimmie Christian Duncan learned in April that a Louisiana judge had dismissed his capital murder conviction and that he would no longer face the prospect of execution. In 1998, a jury convicted Duncan of murdering his girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter, and he had been on death row ever since.

As the class of 2025 graduates into an uncertain and fast-changing working world, they face a crucial question: What does it mean to be successful?

A story last week in the Daily State News focused on whether Delaware should have separate high school championships for public and private schools. A committee studying the issue recommended no change from the state’s current practice of including all schools in the tournaments.

President Donald Trump has long been preoccupied by the trade deficit — the gap between what the U.S. sells to the rest of the world and what it buys from it.

Delaware is in crisis, and our leaders don’t have a plan to heal this overdose crisis. Our leaders don’t have a plan to heal the unsheltered crisis.

Delaware’s education system is facing a critical shortage of qualified personnel, particularly in substitute and temporary roles. School districts across the state are grappling with long-term vacancies, leaving students vulnerable to learning loss and classroom disruption.

I read an Opinion in the Daily State News’ written by Mr. William Faust, regarding his opposition to Dover City Council President David Anderson and friends proposing to give $75,000 of Strong Funds to small businesses downtown to pay for their electric bills, while construction is being performed on Loockerman Street for the Capital City 2030 development plan (“Proposal to aid Dover businesses questioned”).

For much of the 20th century, young Americans were seen as free speech’s fiercest defenders. But now, young Americans are growing more skeptical of free speech.

State Sen. Eric Buckson is calling for the Caesar Rodney statue, which once stood at Rodney Square in Wilmington, to be moved to Dover. It has been in storage since it was taken down in June 2020, amid a time of protests. Where do you think the monument should be? Or should it remain out of the public eye?

We appreciate the recent Opinion by Ms. Linda Sullivan Schulte regarding development and growth in Sussex County (“All Sussex Countians at fault for 'development creep'"). However, we feel it is important to correct a significant inaccuracy in her piece.

As the county seat, Salisbury sets the tone for Wicomico County. Its policies shape not just local outcomes, but the broader cultural and economic climate of the Shore. Since 2018, that rainbow …

In 24 hours, Delaware went from learning that its first municipality had signed a formal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to that same town rescinding the agreement, following widespread community dissent.

When did Congress cede its job to the executive? Our Constitution’s Article 1, Section 7 says only Congress has the ability to levy taxes. Tariffs are taxes on the American people.

Every time you turn on the TV or radio, you hear of another tragedy occurring in the city of Dover.

What follows are two quotes from a recent Substack post by the famous Nobel laureate in economics, Paul Krugman. I think they deserve attention.

The American republic is being threatened by an aged, incompetent, convicted criminal of a president who lacks moral integrity, sound judgment and concern for anyone who is not in the millionaire club that he has mustered to enrich him and his family through constitutionally illegal scams.

Participate in our democracy! Voting for all school board positions in the state will be May 13 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

I have said this before, and I will continue to say it. We can’t control how easy it is for people to get guns, including teens.

The federal government has slashed funding for programs that feed Delawareans and has stopped truckloads of nonperishable items from coming to Delaware. These actions left thousands of our neighbors, already at risk of hunger, even more insecure about where their next meals will come from.

It seems to me that Sen. David Sokola, D-Newark, and Ms. Kendall Massett are worried that the money allotted to public and charter schools would have to be shared (“Court could unravel charter school law”). 

I recently had a dream about a king who surrounded himself with lackies. Their only qualifications were that they would always do what he wanted without question.

As dysfunction in Washington, D.C., dominates headlines and trust in Congress hovers near an all-time low, Americans are united in support of one reform that cuts across party lines: congressional term limits.

I’m a resident of Downtown Salisbury, and I’m writing to express serious concerns about an upcoming “forum” Mayor Randy Taylor is participating in that raises questions about …

This week, there will be a Sussex County Planning & Zoning Commission meeting to review plans for Cool Spring Crossing, west of Lewes, and the potential impact anticipated by this development.

Yes, there is controversy in all the jobs that Donald Trump is carrying out, but these actions are long overdue, after prior President Joe Biden did virtually nothing.

The first 100 days have been an ongoing coup, as Donald Trump seeks to overturn the Constitution and Democratic norms (he calls it seeking to “reshape America”), to expand the powers of the presidency by use of his executive orders.

Better understanding health care costs should be an important part of any family’s financial plan. Medical costs continue to rise year after year and can have an impact on your wallet.