Initial jobless claims remain at levels seen a year ago
RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press
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DOVER, Del. (AP) New unemployment figures show that Delaware is among the states still facing challenges in getting people back to work as the country rebounds from the economic effects of the coronavirus.
Figures released Thursday show that 5,679 initial unemployment claims were filed in Delaware for the week ending May 29. That’s down from 6,429 in the previous week, when Delaware had the largest increase of any state in the country in initial unemployment claims.
The number of initial claims filed in Delaware for the week ending May 22 was the highest since April 2020, when Delawareans were filing jobless claims in record-shattering numbers as businesses were shuttered. Initial unemployment filings for each of the past eight weeks are the highest since May 2020, with the exception of one week in December. The insured unemployment rate in Delaware for the week endi
DoubleD Taphouse pours it on with Delaware-made beers, wines
MIKE FINNEY, Delaware State News
May 30, 2021
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1of3Gina Havens and Donna Dambrosio left long careers at Capital One to take a chance on a dream opening Double D Taphouse in Dover, Del., aimed at putting the spotlight on Delaware breweries, wines and meads in. (Mike Finney/Delaware State News via AP)Mike Finney/APShow MoreShow Less
2of3Gina Havens, left, and Donna Dambrosio left long careers at Capital One to take a chance on a dream opening Double D Taphouse in Dover, Del., aimed at putting the spotlight on Delaware breweries, wines and meads in. (Mike Finney/Delaware State News via AP)Mike Finney/APShow MoreShow Less
The Hartford agrees to pay $650M in Boy Scouts bankruptcy
RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press
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DOVER, Del. (AP) Insurance company The Hartford has agreed to pay $650 million into a proposed trust fund for victims of child sexual abuse as part of the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy case.
In exchange for the payment, the Boy Scouts and its local councils would release The Hartford from any obligation under policies it issued to the BSA and the councils dating back to 1971.
The settlement agreement and release was submitted to the court on Friday by a panel of mediators that is working with the BSA, abuse victims and other parties in the bankruptcy to try to fashion a global resolution of more than 80,000 sexual abuse claims.
Judge halts disgraced police chief from taking council post
RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press
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DOVER, Del. (AP) A Delaware judge has issued a ruling that temporarily prevents a former small-town police chief who was convicted of official misconduct from taking office as a town commissioner.
Thursday’s ruling by Superior Court Judge Jan Jurden came barely one hour before former Newport police chief Michael Capriglione was to be sworn in as a Newport town commissioner.
Jurden had held a brief online hearing earlier in the day in response to a court filing by Attorney General Kathleen Jennings seeking to nullify last week’s election of Capriglione. He was elected on April 5 to a two-year term by receiving 32 votes in a town with roughly 1,000 residents.