Saturday Open Thread [3.7.15]

Saturday Open Thread [3.7.15]

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Delaware’s unemployment rate dropped at even 5 percent. Over the past year, Delaware has added more than 8,000 net jobs outside of agriculture. Much of that growth comes from professional and financial services, as well as transportation. [...] Delawareans’ take home pay every week continues to grow slowly, standing at just under $740 per week. That’s still well below January 2009 when weekly earnings totaled about $770 every week.

The Weekly Addresses

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President Obama discusses education for adolescent girls around the world. Governor Markell talks about Delaware's efforts to combat climate change, and he encourages Delawareans to take action by providing input and ideas to recommendations released earlier this week by the Committee on Climate and Resiliency. Speaker Schwartzkopf speaks on the Lyme Disease Prevention Task Force that is working to spread awareness about the disease and formulate ways to improve diagnosis and treatment statewide.