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Delaware lawmakers approve a $1.1 billion capital budget for the fiscal year starting Monday

Jun. 27, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a $1.1 billion capital budget for construction, transportation, maintenance and economic development projects in the fiscal year that starts Monday. The spending plan is about $300 million less than this...

Delaware Senate gives final approval to bill mandating insurance coverage for abortions

Jun. 25, 2024 19:14 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic lawmakers in Delaware gave final approval Tuesday to a bill requiring most private health insurance plans and Delaware’s Medicaid program to cover abortions. The bill cleared the Democrat-led Senate on a party-line vote and now goes...

Bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide approved by Delaware lawmakers

Jun. 25, 2024 18:23 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A bill allowing doctor-assisted suicide in Delaware won final passage in the state Senate on Tuesday after failing to clear that chamber last week. The measure, which now goes to Democratic Gov. John Carney, passed on an 11-10 vote after the Democrat-led Senate...

Delaware lawmakers sign off on $6.1 billion operating budget for the fiscal year

Jun. 20, 2024 18:57 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware lawmakers approved on Thursday a $6.13 billion general fund operating budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, an increase of more than 9% from this year’s operating budget. House and Senate lawmakers also approved a separate “supplemental...

Delaware lawmakers OK bill enabling board of political appointees to oversee hospital budgets

May. 21, 2024 18:50 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — The state House on Tuesday gave final approval to a bill aimed at curtailing the increase in health care costs in Delaware by establishing a state board with authority to impose budgets on the state’s largest hospitals. The legislation passed the House on a...

Court says judge had no authority to halt Medicare Advantage plan for Delaware government retirees

Apr. 12, 2024 15:43 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling that prevented officials from moving state government retirees from a Medicare supplement plan to a Medicare Advantage plan. The justices ruled Friday that a Superior Court judge had no jurisdiction...