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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 18, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 18, 20217 Comments

Today is $15 Minimum Wage Day in the Senate. SB 15 (Walsh) cleared the Senate Labor Committee yesterday, and is the first item on today's Senate Agenda. I predict 14-7,…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 17, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 17, 20213 Comments

The Big News: SB 15, the $15 Minimum Wage bill, will be heard in committee today, and has been placed on tomorrow's Senate Agenda. All 14 Senate Democratic senators are…

General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 16, 202112 Comments

We can't let last Thursday's session go w/o mentioning the latest musings of Delaware's Least Woke (Awake?) legislator. SB 56 (Sturgeon), which 'codifies the Opportunity Fund, an additional source of…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 13, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 13, 20215 Comments

Kentucky Senate Outlaws Saying Something That Might Hurt Cops' Feelings: Kentucky’s Republican-majority Senate on Thursday moved forward a bill that would make it easier to arrest protesters for insulting a…

DL Open Thread: Friday, March 12, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 12, 20215 Comments

Dominion Just Might Win All Those Lawsuits. Can you say 'proof of damages'? In case you're wondering who Dominion is suing, wonder no more. There will be more. Sen. Rick…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 11, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 11, 20211 Comment

Difficult to turn this into anything but a 'just the facts, ma'am' edition. Here's yesterday's Session Activity Report. If you can turn these lemons into lemonade, you should be writing…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 10, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 10, 20212 Comments

The Minimum Wage Bill has been introduced. Glad to see that all three of our elected officials in my RD (Larry Lambert, Kyle Evans Gay, and Sarah McBride) are on…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 8, 2021

By El Somnambulo March 9, 2021

The initial Joint Finance Committee hearings are over (budget mark-up will come later), so the General Assembly will be working up until an Easter break. The House will not officially…

Join Today’s Press Conference On Behalf Of A $15 Delaware Minimum Wage

By El Somnambulo March 8, 20214 Comments

Here's the information: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 8, 2021 CONTACT: Jonathan Williams, UFCW Local 27, jonathanclarkewilliams@gmail.com Coalition of Delaware WFP, Labor, and Business Groups Hosting Press…

Senate Passes COVID Relief Package

By El Somnambulo March 6, 20214 Comments

50-49. Republican Senator Sullivan from Alaska missed the vote for a family emergency: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/stimulus-update-us-relief-bill-03-06-21/index.html The House must vote on the Senate version before President Biden can sign it. They will…