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State Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for Sunday February 18, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Del. A.G. Jennings Issues Opinion on FOIA Complaint Concerning City of Rehoboth Beach
DOVER, Delaware, Feb. 14 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following opinion (No. 24-IB08) on Feb. 13, 2024: * * * To: Jan Konesey, jkonesey@gmail.com RE: FOIA Petition Regarding the City of Rehoboth Beach Dear Ms. Konesey: We write in response to your correspondence alleging that the City of Rehoboth Beach violated Delaware's Freedom of Information Act, 29 Del. C. Sec.Sec. 10001-10008 ("FOIA"). We treat this correspondence as a Petition for a determination pursuant to   more

Del. Natural Resources Dept. to Assume Management of Deauville Beach
DOVER, Delaware, Feb. 15 -- Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control issued the following news on Feb. 14, 2024: The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced today that it will assume day-to-day management of Deauville Beach from the city of Rehoboth Beach for the 2024 season. DNREC and the city of Rehoboth Beach were not able to reach an agreement through negotiations after the city's current lease of the beach property Deauville Be  more

Iowa Gov. Reynolds Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for January's Significant Winter Storm Snowfall
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 14 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 13, 2024: Today, Gov. Kim Reynolds requested a Presidential Disaster Declaration for eighteen Iowa counties due to significant snowfall during the January winter storms. The governor requested funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Public Assistance Program for Adair, Black Hawk, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Dubuque, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Lucas, Montgomery,   more

Ohio Wesleyan University: Promoting Change
DELAWARE, Ohio, Feb. 15 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: Seven Ohio Wesleyan University students and three faculty and staff members have earned $12,500 in OWU Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Grants this academic year. The competitive grants support policy and program analysis, curricular changes and course development, small-scale survey work, creative projects, or community conversations designed to produce evidence-based, actionable recommendations for c  more