On June 29, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) issued the following statement after the Supreme Court’s decision to bar affirmative action in college admissions.
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz invite residents and visitors to enjoy the City’s annual Independence Day fireworks show on Tuesday, July 4 with family fun activities starting at 2 p.m. and fireworks at 9:30 p.m. (Rain date is Wednesday, July 5 for the fireworks show only.)
On June 24, Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health which overturned Roe v. Wade.
Wilmington’s Public Works Department has compiled the attached list of streets on which construction or, maintenance will occur over the next week by the City itself, or by either DelDOT, Delmarva Power, or private contractors.
Beginning January 1, 2024, electric vehicle charging stations (EVCS) would be permitted in certain residential areas of the City of Wilmington under the terms of legislation that has been introduced before City Council.
Wilmington's Department of Public Works announced today that, starting on Monday, June 26, 2023, the intersection at A Street and Heald Street will be closed to through traffic for approximately two weeks for sewer separation construction related to the Southbridge Wilmington Wetlands Park. Specifically, the work involves deep installation of elliptical pipe and a manhole.
On June 20, Reps. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, and Jennifer McClellan (D-Va.), with Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), reintroduced the bicameral Technology Assessment for Air Quality Management Act, legislation that would authorize $55 million over five years for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update and expand its tools and technologies for monitoring air quality, while ensuring that these tools are integrated with environmental justice mapping and screening to better measure and manage unhealthy levels of air pollution across the United States, particularly in frontline and fenceline environmental justice communities where Black, Brown, Indigenous and low-income residents are disproportionately likely to be harmed.
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and the City’s official Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Ambassador, television sports host Stephen A. Smith, reported today that the 4th Annual HBCU Week Awards Gala, held last Friday at the Hotel Dupont in Downtown Wilmington, raised a total $343,000 to support the City’s annual HBCU Week initiative.
On June 16, U.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced $750,000 in federal funding to replace a portion of the New Castle County Hope Center’s roof and invest in transportation support
Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Parks and Recreation Director Ian Smith announced today that all five of the City’s swimming pools and seven spray parks will open for the summer beginning Monday, June 26, 2023, and will remain open until Thursday, August 17.
Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), along with Reps. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) and Angie Craig (D-Minn.), introduced legislation to ensure access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone for communities nationwide.