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Dover Post: Attorney General Biden orders Kent County home builder to pay restitution to homeowners

The owners of a Kent County homebuilder company must pay $75,000 in restitution to homeowners who complained of shoddy work as part of a Delaware Department of Justice cease and desist order, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

WDEL 1150AM: AG Biden on trip to Romania and Ukraine

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is visiting Romania and the Ukraine this week as part of a trip in which he is speaking on the importance of the rule of law and an independent judiciary in democratic societies.

U.S. News: Beau Biden: Keep shining a spotlight on domestic violence

The passage of the Violence Against Women Act in 1994 transformed the national response to domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.

The act has brought crimes that used to be considered private, family matters out from behind closed doors. But while rates of domestic violence have dropped by over 50 percent in the past 17 years, we still have a lot of work ahead of us. Tragically, three women are killed each day in the United States by abusive husbands and partners, and for every victim who loses her life, there are nine more who narrowly escape that fate.

WGMD Radio: National Consumer Protection Week

This is National Consumer Protection Week. And Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is taking the opportunity to alert consumers to be aware of several financial fraud scams that have victimized consumers across the state in recent weeks.

WDEL: Legislation would require districts to report bullying, be audited

Delaware takes steps to ramp up its efforts to combat bullying.

WDEL’s Amy Cherry reports.

The legislation would require districts to report incidents of bullying.

WGMD.com: Delaware’s Anti-bullying legislation has been beefed up

Noting that one out of every three middle and high school students report being bullied but many other incidents go unreported, Lt. Gov. Matt Denn, Attorney General Beau Biden and legislative leaders unveiled legislation on Friday that would protect students against bullying and add consistency in how such incidents are reported.

Dover Post: Legislators, state officials announce new plan to combat bullying

State lawmakers are putting more pressure on school officials to report bullying with beefed up legislation and new requirements including random audits by the Department of Education.

Lt. Gov. Matt Denn and Attorney General Beau Biden were joined by members of the General Assembly in Wilmington Friday to introduce new steps the state is taking to fight bullying within Delaware’s schools.

News Journal: Next step in reining in school bullies

This week, a bill requiring every bullying incident — substantiated or not — be reported to the Department of Education by a school district or charter school is scheduled to be introduced in the General Assembly.

It deserves immediate and studied attention by every state legislator who claims to value the best education environment for his or her young constituents.

Beau secures $45m for Delaware in multistate mortgage settlement

On Feb. 9, Beau secured $45 million for Delaware in a multistate settlement with five of the nation’s largest servicing banks. The settlement covers some of the banks’ misconduct that led to the housing crisis. The money, the largest settlement Beau has secured during his time as Attorney General, is divided into several categories: Relief…

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UD Daily: Recognizing, reporting child abuse

During a press conference held Thursday, Feb. 16, at the University of Delaware, Attorney General Biden was joined by UD President Patrick T. Harker, the presidents of Delaware State University, Delaware Technical Community College and the vice president for academic affairs of Wilmington University as they announced plans to introduce the Stewards of Children training to their campuses.