All the headlines from our Delaware Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2008 // Delaware’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the owners of the Delaware City oil refinery in an insurance lawsuit involving the deaths of two workers.Premcor Refining Group and Valero Energy sought permission...
May 30 2008 // Legislation pending in the Delaware state Senate addresses the shortage of doctors at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Elsmere. The bill would let retired doctors practice again and keep their malpractice insurance...
May 30 2008 // Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are touring the Delaware coast to evaluate damage from recent flooding.There is no timetable for a possible disaster designation. According to representatives of...
May 20 2008 // Wilmington (Delaware) City Council President Ted Blunt has suspended his campaign for lieutenant governor.Blunt issued a statement saying it was important for the Democratic Party to unite. The move clears the way for...
May 19 2008 // Insurance companies in Delaware would be banned from raising the auto insurance rates of policyholders or dropping their policies because they are volunteer firefighters and ambulance company members a under proposed...
May 5 2008 // At the request of Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, New York City has agreed to release more water from its reservoirs in the Catskills in an effort to reduce the danger of flooding in communities downstream along the Delaware...
Apr 25 2008 // The Delaware state Senate has unanimously approved legislation that would protect returning military personnel from rising car insurance premiums.Delaware Senator John Still says military service members insured by some...
Apr 18 2008 // At the request of Gov. Ed Rendell, New York City has agreed to release more water from its reservoirs in the Catskills in an effort to reduce the danger of flooding in communities downstream along the Delaware...
Apr 16 2008 // A Democrat running for insurance commissioner says contributions listed in his campaign finance report from a state contractor aren’t unethical.INS Regulatory Services Inc. — which has received $60 million from the...
Apr 14 2008 // Delaware could be getting more red light cameras.The Department of Transportation says state lawmakers are considering adding ten cameras to the 20 already on state roads. State officials say the cameras brought in more...
Apr 11 2008 // Officials in Delaware say they’ve learned the man behind a safe driving course being offered to Delaware teenagers has a felony record.Authorities say Paul Burris was convicted in 2005 in Florida in a grand theft and...
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Mar 31 2008 // A Sussex County Democrat is running for Delaware insurance commissioner.Tom Savage filed to run for the seat earlier this month, setting up a primary against Gene Reed of Bear. Savage, a former deputy Wilmington fire...
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Feb 15 2008 // Authorities say stronger law enforcement has helped reduce traffic fatalities on Delaware roads.The state Office of Highway Safety says there were 118 fatalities last year, down 20 percent from 147 in 2006. State police...
Feb 11 2008 // Delaware’s Sussex County Recorder of Deeds John Brady is officially in the race for state insurance commissioner.Brady is running as a Republican and launched his campaign last week with appearances in all three...
Jan 17 2008 // One of the state’s most prominent attorneys was ordered in October to pay $41.40 for a traffic accident last April on Interstate-95 near Newport.Former attorney general candidate Ferris Wharton was fined after...
Jan 4 2008 // The state Office of Highway Safety says traffic deaths in Delaware in 2007 fell to the lowest level in 8 years.Figures released show traffic deaths dropped 20 percent last year to 118, the lowest number since 104 deaths...
Jan 4 2008 // In a victory for the insurance industry, a Delaware Superior Court has ruled that the state’s insurance regulator overstepped his authority when he prohibited property insurers from refusing to renew a homeowner...