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DL Open Thread: Friday, May 15, 2026
State Demands $876K From Police Athletic League Of Delaware. Can we just substitute ‘Val Longhurst’ for ‘PAL’?: The financial crisis facing the Police Athletic League of Delaware escalated in recent weeks after state officials demanded that the community center nonprofit repay nearly $900,000 in misspent pandemic relief money, New Castle County police chief Col. Jamie […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending May 14, 2026
Well–not exactly. This article has been embargoed until after 9 am because of Breaking News. I won’t keep you waiting long–in fact, not at all. 1. FOUR Delaware Progressive candidates secure major national endorsements: Kira Alejandro has been endorsed by Run for Something (RFS), a national organization that recruits and supports the next generation of […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 14, 2026
One notable bill passed the Senate yesterday. SB 22 (Townsend), which aims to increase affordable access to mental health care services in Delaware, unanimously passed and now heads to the House. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Happy to see that SS1/SB 23 (Huxtable) cleared committee despite some opposition from local governments. Today’s Senate Agenda […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 14, 2026
Who’s The Boss?: China’s leader, Xi Jinping, delivered a warning on Taiwan to President Trump as they met for a summit in Beijing on Thursday, saying that the issue, if handled poorly, could lead to conflict and “an extremely dangerous situation.” The summit, the first U.S. presidential visit to China in nearly a decade, could […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Marie Pinkney and Matt Meyer With A Legit Healthcare Proposal. I’ve come to the conclusion that all the posturing against ChristianaCare will amount to nothing because legislators have no intention to allow it to amount to anything.. But this I like: Delaware lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would greatly increase the number of patients […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Appo & Red Clay Voters Sweep Out School Board Incumbents. Including the presidents of each board: Three prominent school board members will not return to their seats for next school year. Appoquinimink School Board President Richard Forsten, who has served on the Appo panel since 2011, finished last (362) in a six-way race that was […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
It was bound to happen. I forgot all about writing this post–until now. So, whatever I spew out will probably be a bit truncated. Looks like Michael Dell is skipping town before the multi-billionaire has to spend less than a pittance for licensing renewal fees. HB 400, which has already passed the House, is on […]
BREAKING: Kevin Hensley Will Not Seek Reelection
According to one of my best spies, he dropped the news at a constituent coffee this morning.
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 12, 2026
So, John, Where Are The Homeless Gonna Go? He has no soul: People living in a city-sanctioned homeless tent village at a local Wilmington park woke up on Monday morning to eviction notices from Mayor John Carney’s office. Residents said several police officers and representatives of the Friendship House, the site manager, moved through the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, May 11, 2026
It’s Not A ‘Race To The Bottom’ On Redistricting: What we have seen over recent months is that Democrats have largely abandoned the mode of the last decade plus in which with one hand they fought the partisan battles of the day and with the other assume the mantle of defending the political norms Republicans […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 10, 2026
The Right-Wing Magazine’s “Sex Issue”: Every few years or so, the Christian right takes another pass at the impossible task of making fundamentalism look sexy or cool. These efforts tend to end in failure: Dorky youth ministers wearing clothes that are 10 years out of date while assuring their young charges that sex is better […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 9, 2026
Trump ‘Bored’ With Iran War? Yep, just like FDR was ‘bored’ with WW II: Patience is not Trump’s strength. One outside adviser, who speaks with him regularly, told me the president is “bored” with the war. Others believe he is frustrated at Iran’s intransigence. And while Trump at times feels detached from the political concerns […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 8, 2026
That Fucking Refinery. In order to ‘fix a problem’, they apparently have no choice but to emit toxic sulfur dioxide for several weeks. I’m with Speaker Minor-Brown on this one: Delaware City Refining Company will be emitting significantly higher-than-normal amounts of sulfur dioxide for several weeks. The Department of Natural Resources said Thursday that […]
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