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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Delaware Newsletter for Sunday June 08, 2025 ( 17 items )  

"Legal Theft": PESP Breaks Down Private Equity's Role in Crozer's Collapse at a Delaware County, PA Council Meeting
CHICAGO, Illinois, June 7 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news on June 6, 2025: * * * "Legal Theft": PESP breaks down private equity's role in Crozer's collapse at a Delaware County, PA Council meeting Last month,Mary Bugbee, Healthcare Director at PESP, presented to the Delaware County Council about the devastating impact of private equity practices on the Crozer Health system. Her presentation, "Raiding the Safety Net: How Private Equity Extraction Led to the   more

Blunt Rochester Shines a Light on the Consequences the Republicans' Plan to Gut Medicaid Would Have on Delawareans
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Blunt Rochester Shines a Light on the Consequences the Republicans' Plan to Gut Medicaid Would Have on Delawareans In case you missed it, as Senate Republicans begin consideration of their harmful budget bill, U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) highlighted the impact that Republicans' proposed cuts to Medicaid would have on Delawareans. She recently delivered remarks on the Senate flo  more

Blunt Rochester Statement on Discriminatory Trump Travel Ban
WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Sen. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * STATEMENT: Blunt Rochester Statement on Discriminatory Trump Travel Ban Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) released the following statement on President Donald Trump's discriminatory travel ban: "The last time the President tried to enforce his discriminatory travel ban, I was against it. Today, my feelings are the same. Our immigration system should be orderly and h  more

Camizestrant Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or Death by 56% in Patients With Advanced HR-Positive Breast Cancer With an Emergent ESR1 Tumor Mutation in SERENA-6 Phase III Trial
WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 3 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Camizestrant reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 56% in patients with advanced HR-positive breast cancer with an emergent ESR1 tumor mutation in SERENA-6 Phase III trial First pivotal trial to demonstrate clinical value of monitoring circulating tumor DNA to detect and treat emerging resistance in 1st-line therapy ahead of disease progression in breast cancer Fir  more

CEAT Community Paramedicine program's first graduates receive certifications
STILLWATER, Oklahoma, June 4 -- Oklahoma State University posted the following news: * * * CEAT Community Paramedicine program's first graduates receive certifications * The College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University collaborated with the OSU Center for Health Sciences on a Community Paramedicine pilot program in Delaware County that completed a successful first year recently.  CEAT has a longstanding tradition of providing training to first responders  more

DuPont Expands Healthcare Manufacturing Site in Costa Rica, Adding Sterile Packaging Capacity
WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 6 -- DuPont issued the following news release: * * * DuPont Expands Healthcare Manufacturing Site in Costa Rica, Adding Sterile Packaging Capacity The 16,000-square-foot expansion enhances DuPont's global sterile operations, increases the capacity of the manufacturing site's existing medical tubing operations, and enables Costa Rica's first-ever production of sterile healthcare packaging. * WILMINGTON, Del., June 5, 2025 - DuPont (NYSE:DD) today announced that it   more

ENHERTU (fam-trastuzumab Deruxtecan-nxki) Plus Pertuzumab Reduced the Risk of Disease Progression or Death by 44% vs. THP as 1st-Line Therapy in Patients
WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 3 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * ENHERTU (fam-trastuzumab deruxtecan-nxki) plus pertuzumab reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 44% vs. THP as 1st-line therapy in patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in DESTINY-Breast09 Phase III trial AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo's ENHERTU plus pertuzumab showed a median progression-free survival greater than three years First trial in more tha  more

ICYMI: Senator Coons raises concerns over Trump's Sixth Circuit nominee's qualifications and experience
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Senator Coons raises concerns over Trump's Sixth Circuit nominee's qualifications and experience * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) earned praise yesterday for his questioning of Whitney Hermandorfer, President Donald Trump's nominee for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, regarding her lack of professional experience as part of  more

IMFINZI (durvalumab) Regimen Reduced Risk of Progression, Recurrence or Death by 29% in Early-Stage Gastric Cancer vs. Chemotherapy Alone in MATTERHORN Phase III Trial
WILMINGTON, Delaware, June 3 -- AstraZeneca, a biopharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * IMFINZI (durvalumab) regimen reduced risk of progression, recurrence or death by 29% in early-stage gastric cancer vs. chemotherapy alone in MATTERHORN Phase III trial Two-thirds (67.4%) of patients treated with IMFINZI-based perioperative regimen remained event-free at two years First and only immunotherapy to demonstrate statistically significant event-free survival in a globa  more

Ohio Wesleyan University: 'Think Like Historians'
DELAWARE, Ohio, June 3 -- Ohio Wesleyan University issued the following news release: * * * 'Think Like Historians' By Cole Hatcher Ohio Wesleyan Professor Earns Grant to Help Teachers Create Lessons with Library of Congress Materials DELAWARE, Ohio - Ohio Wesleyan University's Sarah Kaka, Ph.D., has been awarded a $25,000 federal grant to train future middle school and high school teachers to create social studies lesson plans using primary source materials from the Library of Congress. "  more

PJM's Electric Capacity Market - Background & Current Issues Topic of CRS Report (Part 1 of 2)
WASHINGTON, June 3 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48553) on June 2, 2025, entitled "PJM's Electric Capacity Market: Background and Current Issues" by energy policy specialist Ashley J. Lawson. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY PJM is the country's largest electric grid operator, managing the electricity transmission system for more than 65 million people in all or part of 13 states - Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan,   more

PJM's Failure to Plan Sparks Pushback as Electric Bills Set to Jump 20%
WASHINGTON, June 3 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * PJM's Failure to Plan Sparks Pushback as Electric Bills Set to Jump 20% * Audubon, PA - As a response to rising energy bills due to PJM's poor planning and affinity for dirty, pricey fossil fuels, communities in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are rallying and voicing their discontent to the nation's largest regional transmission organization.  Sierra Club members and volunteers ra  more

Rep. McBride Statement on President Trump's Muslim Ban
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. McBride Statement on President Trump's Muslim Ban * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Congresswoman Sarah McBride (D-DE) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's new executive order restricting the entry of citizens from 12 countries. "President Trump's latest travel ban is a revival of his first-term's unconstitutional and discriminatory Muslim ban. Once again, his administration i  more

Senator Coons statement on President Trump's new Muslim ban
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Coons statement on President Trump's new Muslim ban * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) issued the following statement in response to President Trump's new executive order fully restricting the entry of nationals from 12 countries, which he said was necessary to combat "radical Islamic terrorists": "President Trump's own statement makes it clear exactly what this new exec  more

Senators Coons, Grassley introduce AI Whistleblower Protection Act
WASHINGTON, June 2 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Grassley introduce AI Whistleblower Protection Act * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Whistleblower Protection Act, which provides explicit whistleblower protections to those developing and deploying AI. Currently, AI companies' restrictive severance and nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) create   more

Senators Coons, Whitehouse, colleagues demand answers from Justice Dept. on decision to shutter specialized unit for cracking down on global drug crime
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Whitehouse, colleagues demand answers from Justice Dept. on decision to shutter specialized unit for cracking down on global drug crime * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), and several of their colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi questioning the Department of Justice's plan to end the successful Organized Crime Drug E  more

Verizon Business launches Vehicle-to-Everything connected-driving platform with multiple customers
NEW YORK, June 4 [Category: BizTelecommunications] -- Verizon, a communications and technology solutions company, issued the following news release: * * * Verizon Business launches Vehicle-to-Everything connected-driving platform with multiple customers * Edge Transportation Exchange is an integrated mobile-network vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication platform that allows a vehicle to communicate with other connected vehicles, road users, and infrastructure around it. Volkswagen Group o  more