Federal regulators have found toxic PFAS chemicals in some foods during tests in eight states, including Delaware. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration confirmed that it found different levels of the chemicals in 14 kinds of meat and fish, and other foods including sweet potatoes, lettuce, and chocolate cake, in the tests in October 2017.

Delaware Public Media has previously reported on historic preservation in the First State - specifically what appears to be a shaky track record on the issue in New Castle County where a number of buildings have fallen victim to neglect and become beyond repair. But some New Castle County Council members are trying to improve the situation, creating a new working group to address it. Contributor Larry Nagengast takes a look at that group and what it hopes to accomplish.

Summer is the time for outdoor concerts, and a new festival is offering over a weeks’ worth later this month. It’s called the Serafin Summer Music Festival.

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we return to WMPH and Mount Pleasant High School in the Brandywine School District – one of the two schools we’ve partnered with on our to our Generation Voice Youth Media project. Students there, and at our other partner WMHS at McKean High School in the Red Clay School District, produce a whole host of interviews and features throughout the year. And again this week we showcase one of the student interviews with a local music artist. This one is from Tori Rupert,

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In August 2017, Gov. John Carney signed the Coastal Zone Conversion Permit Act into law, calling it a “big deal.” Now – nearly two years later – we are close to seeing if it will deliver on its promise of economic development and job creation. Draft regulations to allow limited new industrial development in Delaware's Coastal Zone have been released for review. Contributor Jon Hurdle takes a closer look at these regulations, and would they could mean for development along the coast.

A new book out this summer is one that First State political junkies won’t want to miss. The new book is called “Byrd of Legislative Hall” and is the story of Bob Byrd - a former State Representative turned lobbyist, who is chief executive officer of The Byrd Group.

This week, we bring you another piece produced by one of our UD interns this spring. The school year is over at UD, and when the students return in the fall there will be one major, noticeable difference. Delaware Stadium will have completed a major facelift, the first piece of a significant upgrade the University’s athletics infrastructure. UD has talked before about these kind of improvements before, but UD intern contributor Dan Rosenfield explains why its working out this time and what it

In this week’s Enlighten Me, we return to WMPH and Mount Pleasant High School in the Brandywine School District – one of the two schools we’ve partnered with on our to our Generation Voice Youth Media project. Students there, and at our other partner WMHS at McKean High School in the Red Clay School District, produce a whole host of interviews and features throughout the year. In the past, we’ve usually focused on the more news-oriented features. But this week, we’re shaking thing up, showcasing

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