A bill moving through the General Assembly would protect those who provide fertility treatment in Delaware. (Photo by iLexx/iStock Getty Images)

Medics in Delaware giving IVF services could gain legal protection

Jarek RutzGovernment, Headlines

A new bill would dispel the fears of potential repercussions for medics providing in vitro fertilization, commonly known as IVF, which takes mature eggs from ovaries and fertilizes them with sperm in a lab. About 90,000 babies are conceived through this process each year in the U.S.  House Bill 374, sponsored by Rep. Kendra Johnson, D-Bear, would legally protect medical …

School behavioral infractions remain above 30,000 annually

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

A state committee created to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the environment of schools had its third meeting Monday night in which it learned that there were more than 30,000 behavioral infractions to middle and high school students in 2022. Although that number dropped in 2023, it was still north of 11,000 for high schoolers and nearly 14,000 for …

School safety, and competing resolutions that would create task forces to improve it, sparked debate in the Senate Tuesday.

2 senators battle over dueling school safety resolutions

Jarek RutzGovernment, Headlines

On the day Gov. John Carney preached the impact of working together in his State of the State address, the Senate watched a tense interaction divided by party lines that one legislator called “childish behavior.” The interaction between Sen. Eric Buckson, R-Dover, and Sen. Bryan Townsend, D-Newark/Glasgow, and their similar education task force resolutions were enough to cause comment from …