HB242 – Taxing Vaping, E-Cigs and Regular Old Tobacco
This was likely going to happen once we started treating vaping products and e-cigs like cigarettes, like with their additionContinue Reading
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HB241 – Raising Alcohol Taxes
This bill is likely either part of the main revenue plan or part of the Plan B if the mainContinue Reading
HB200 – Medicaid Reimbursement for Home Healthcare Services
Rep. Debra Heffernan has introduced a bill that will set a minimum Medicaid reimbursement rate for home health care nursingContinue Reading
SB94 / SB119 – Lavelle, Marshall team up to restrict voting rights.
Greg Lavelle, I understand. He is a Republican. He doesn’t want people voting. To him, voting is a privilege forContinue Reading
Vote Tracker Update for June 16, 2017
Here is our latest vote tracker update. It is in a new downloadable format now, and it lists the billsContinue Reading
SB113 – Establishing a Clean Energy Financing Program
This bill creates the Delaware Voluntary Property Assessed Clean Energy (D-PACE) program to establish a clean energy financing program toContinue Reading
The Open Thread for June 16, 2017
Mike Allen notes that with the Washington Post bombshell report that the obstruction probe is in full swing, White HouseContinue Reading
The Daily Delawhere for Friday, June 16, 2017
Festival season in Wilmington began with the Greek Festival, at Holy Trinity Church at 9th & Broom Streets. Photo byContinue Reading
HB213 – No More School Funding Referendums
Finally, this bill will do away with these repetitive low voter turnout funding referendums and instead creates a mechanism byContinue Reading
HB204 – Bail Reform
Rep. J.Johnson has introduced a bill that seeks to modernize the bail process. An analysis of data for pretrial detentionContinue Reading
HB221 / SB116 – Repeal of Prevailing Wage Laws
These are the bills that Delaware Republicans are going to hold the entire state hostage for. It is just anotherContinue Reading
SB118 – Protecting Children from Sexual Predators
This bill would prohibit individuals with an adjudication of delinquency involving physical or sexual assault crimes against another child orContinue Reading
Time to Shut it Down
The budget negotiations may be reaching an impasse where we Democrats are going to have to steel ourselves for whatContinue Reading
The Open Thread for Thursday, June 15, 2017
David Frum on yesterday’s shocking shooting of a Congressman and four others at a baseball practice: “America is more vulnerableContinue Reading
The Daily Delawhere for Thursday, June 15, 2017
The cobblestones of Market Street in New Castle. Photo by xzmattzx.