DOVER, Del. (AP) — Lawmakers have approved a resolution asking for guidance from Delaware’s Supreme Court as they decide how to respond to public corruption charges against State Auditor Kathleen McGuiness.
The resolution was approved Thursday by a voice vote in the House after party-line passage in the Democrat-led Senate in November. It asks the justices for an advisory opinion on how to interpret a never-used provision in the state constitution regarding the removal of officials from public office.
The provision states that the governor may “for any reasonable cause” remove any officer, other than the lieutenant governor or legislator, if two-thirds of the members of both the House and Senate ask him to do so.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army, for the first time, is offering a maximum enlistment bonus of $50,000 to highly skilled recruits who sign up for six years. The service is struggling to lure soldiers into certain critical jobs amid the continuing pandemic. Maj. Gen. Kevin Vereen, head of Army Recruiting Command, tells The Associated Press that shuttered schools and the competitive job market over the past year have posed […]
