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The latest National Climate Assessment released last month again raised the alarm about the looming impact of climate change; highlighting heightened concerns about flooding, sea-level rise, and the increasing development of flood-prone coastal areas.The First State has made efforts to address climate change in recent years, but are they enough to meet these growing concerns, or does Delaware need to accelerate its response?Contributor Jon Hurdle reports this week on where the state stands with climate action and how it could alter its course.

The University of Delaware is taking the plunge, moving its storied football program up from the lower Football Championship Subdivision to the major college Football Bowl Subdivision.Football and most of UD’s other sports will head to Conference USA in 2025.This week, Delaware Public Media’s Tom Byrne sat down with News Journal/Delaware Online sportswriter Kevin Tresolini for more on why UD is making this move now and what comes next.

We’re in the midst of the biggest spending season of the year, but you can enjoy the holidays and buy great gifts for others without draining your wallet.The ability to manage your budget effectively and understand your finances can go a long way, from saving for education or retirement to using credit responsibly.Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon caught up this week with Nan J. Morrison – President and CEO of the Council for Economic Education, a nonprofit educating students in the U.S. about personal finance and economics – to learn more about the value of financial literacy.

Eunice LaFate has been an educator, writer, storyteller, and public speaker, among other things, but the one constant during her 40 years as a Wilmington resident has been her art.Born in Jamaica, LaFate is a self-taught artist whose works have revolved around her life, diversity, and cultural heritage. To celebrate her decades of work, LaFate is displaying her art as the featured artist at the Brandywine Holiday Festival of the Arts at the Chase Center in Wilmington on December 16 and 17.For this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel spoke with LaFate about her work and life in Wilmington.

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In 2020, a Chancery Court judge ruled the state’s property tax system unconstitutional as part of an education funding lawsuit. To settle their portion of that lawsuit, all three counties agreed to conduct property reassessments; the first in over three decades.The new assessments are now moving toward completion, leaving many homeowners wondering what to expect when they’re finished.This week, contributor Larry Nagengast reports on where things stand with Delaware’s property reassessments and what to expect going forward.

From celebrities touting their effectiveness to TikTokers showing off results, drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy are being praised as weight-loss miracles.But those drugs are extremely expensive and originally designed for patients with Type 2 diabetes, and when people can't afford to keep taking them, they rebound and regain the weight that was lost.Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon talks this week with Kim Hyatt – a registered dietitian specializing in obesity medicine with Beebe Healthcare – about so-called weight loss drugs and the concerns around using them.

This year, the Historic Odessa Foundation’s 35th annual holiday celebration is commemorating the bicentennial of the timeless Christmas classic “The Night Before Christmas.”Scenes from the poem are arranged in rooms on a tour at Historic Odessa’s 249-year-old Corbit-Sharp House; open to the public through Dec. 31.For this edition of Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media’s Karl Lengel recently paid a visit to Historic Odessa to check out its holiday display, and sat down with curator Brian Miller for more on how the exhibit came together.

The holiday season brings plenty of places to enjoy looking at pretty twinkling lights all across the First State.But have you ever considered just looking up and checking out the twinkling lights above us all the time?For this edition of Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s Kyle McKinnon is joined by Adam Burgasser – Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, San Diego – to learn more about winter stargazing and what to look for in the night sky during the winter months.