With federal and state funding for social service agencies at a premium, the heads of some Delaware County organizations are concerned about losing additional revenue to tax increment financing (TIF) districts.
WASHINGTON — The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama’s choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and Democrats praising him as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton.
LAS VEGAS — Declaring “now is the time” to fix the nation’s broken immigration system, President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined broad proposals for putting millions of illegal immigrants on a clear path to citizenship while cracking down on businesses that employ people illegally and tightening security at the borders. He hailed a bipartisan Senate group on a similar track but left unresolved key details that could derail the complex and emotional effort.
READER’S QUESTION: Most of my family and friends are now on Facebook, and I am feeling pressured to venture into this form of social online relations. However, I hear a lot of horror stories about people misusing it while others tell me that Facebook can be a great way to stay in touch with family, friends, and meet new people. How do I make a decision about this?
Concerns about school safety as well as any construction that would take place should voters approve Delaware City School’s planned May bond issue were aired Monday during a joint meeting between the Delaware City School Board and Delaware City Council.
A software and mobile application company will use an Ohio Job Creation Tax Credit to move its operation from the Polaris area to the city of Delaware, adding 25 new jobs in the process.
With the possibility of a new court facility on the horizon, Delaware County officials hope to find out what other facility needs are likely to crop up in the coming years.
NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts of America may soon give sponsors of troops the authority to decide whether to accept gays as scouts and leaders — a potentially dramatic retreat from a nationwide no-gays policy that has provoked relentless protests.