HB42 – Sentencing Reform – Changing Consecutive to Concurrent
As part of former Governor Markell’s sentencing reforms that were proposed last year to address prison overcrowding and the risingContinue Reading
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SB9 – Work a Day Earn a Pay Jobs Program
This Act is intended to implement the recommendations in the December 9, 2015 Report of the Work A Day EarnContinue Reading
SB14 – Elimination of Compensation Committee
This is what you call legislative trolling by the Republicans, and particularly Greg Lavelle, who excels at this sort ofContinue Reading
Congressional Vote Report – 1/19/2017
Here are our Congressional Delegation’s recent votes over the past week. As we all know, the most controversial and disappointingContinue Reading
The Open Thread for January 19, 2017
Peter Stone and Greg Gordon have a pretty big bombshell. Now this is like Watergate: Follow the Money. The FBIContinue Reading
Daily Delawhere for January 19, 2017
The Delaware Court of Chancery, on the Circle in Georgetown. The courthouse was built in 2003, and houses the CourtContinue Reading
The Open Thread for January 18, 2017
President Obama “largely commuted the remaining prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst convicted of an enormous 2010Continue Reading
Daily Delawhere for January 18, 2017
Welsh Tract Baptist Church, on Welsh Tract Road in Pencader Hundred. The church was built in 1746, and served BaptistsContinue Reading
Homelessness in Delaware
This is a guest post from a fellow Delawarean trying her hand at blogging. Her pen name is Bleeding Heart,Continue Reading
Live Coverage of the Carney/Hall-Long Inauguration
We are planning to have a Facebook Live or other streaming feed (whether audio or video) loaded here for theContinue Reading
The Open Thread for January 17, 2017
“Donald Trump will become president Friday with an approval rating of just 40%, according to a new CNN/ORC Poll, theContinue Reading
Daily Delawhere for January 17, 2017
The Old State House, on The Green in Dover. The state house was built between 1787 and 1792, and itContinue Reading
HJR2 – Rejecting the Pay Raise
Republican and Democratic leaders from both chambers filed legislation to reject the pay raises included in the Delaware Compensation Commission’sContinue Reading
SB10 – Increasing the Minimum Wage
Senator Bob Marshall is back again with a new proposal to raise the minimum wage. His bill last session,Continue Reading
Farewell, Governor Markell.
Governor Jack Markell has released a very well produced, and good, video detailing his accomplishments in office. It is entitledContinue Reading