Shane’s work from The News Journal/Delaware Online

New Castle County tax coverage:

Delaware went through its first statewide tax reassessment in decades in 2024. Many people saw their tax bills skyrocket, and some businesses got a break. Shane covered it all.

How taxpayers felt about the process and their new bills

How new tax values affected the city of Wilmington

What legislators in Dover did to lessen the blow (for some)

Wilmington Coverage:

For over a year, Shane has been the ear to the ground in city hall in Wilmington.

Renters revolted at a city council meeting

A marijuana dispensary tried to backdoor its way open

How to fix a housing crisis using empty houses

Newark Coverage:

Covering a college town is difficult, but Shane still covers the inner workings of Newark, Delaware

When a baseball complex threatens a forest

Scooping the city government on its own grant

A buzzing downtown reflects on a tragedy

Shane is everywhere

Shane and News Journal photographer William Bretzger on assignment at a marijuana cultivation facility in Milford, Delaware

A conversation with a former president about veterans

“No Kings” protest takes over Wilmington

Touring a marijuana facility with Delaware’s governor

Hurricane sends legendary waves to Delaware’s beaches

Shane’s Philadelphia Metro Coverage

SEPTA’s ‘doomsday’ and how it affects Delaware

Small plane goes down over Northeast Philadelphia

Live play-by-play of the Eagles Super Bowl parade

False mass shooting alert at Villanova rattles families