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DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 8, 2026
Gov. Meyer Upgrades DEFAC With This Appointment: Governor Matt Meyer announced the appointment of Brenda Wise to the Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Council, adding a new voice to the panel that helps guide the state’s financial outlook. “Brenda Wise brings a strong record of public service and thoughtful leadership that will benefit DEFAC and […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, April 7, 2026
Carney Uses Fiscal Notes To Kill Legislation. I’m With Shané Darby On This: New corner convenience stores may soon be prohibited from opening in Delaware’s largest city. Last week, the Wilmington City Council unanimously passed an ordinance that would place a moratorium on the businesses. The measure now awaits a signature from Mayor John Carney, […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, April 6, 2026
Delaware Rethugs–Coal Power To The Rescue?: The Indian River Power Plant shut down the last coal-fired energy generators in Delaware a year ago, but the hulking industrial site near Millsboro has emerged at the center of a debate over whether it could factor into the state’s energy future. As new, high-demand energy users like hyper-scale […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: April 5, 2026
The ‘Braiding’ Of Western Scientific Knowledge With Indigenous Culture. My kind of synergyL “I’m a glorified clam counter.” So said Marco Hatch, a marine ecologist at Western Washington University and an enrolled member of the Samish Indian Nation. Hatch has been conducting surveys of mollusks growing in and around clam gardens in the Pacific north-west, […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, April 4, 2026
NCC Marcus Henry On NCC’s Budget Deficit. Read and/or listen: Henry says the county’s $42 million deficit stems from issues like using one-time federal relief funds to cover recurring operating expenses, while using reserves to fund permanent costs. Henry offers one example of how that played out. “There was an increase back in 2024 where […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, April 3, 2026
Carney’s New Tents Not ‘Soak-Proof’: Suh-prize, suh-prize. Hey, man, the City can’t afford decent tents. You know, ‘budget-smoothing’: The city of Wilmington is assessing its next steps after a heavy rain soaked through newly city-issued tents to unhoused people living in Christina Park. Mayor John Carney’s office and the site manager, the nonprofit organization Friendship […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 2, 2026
1. Leader Of Flock To Be Sacrificial Lamb To Sarah McBride. A Black preacher named Earl Cooper. You just know what the first thing out of his mouth was: “Our children are our greatest treasure, and if we don’t protect them, we fail the very future of Delaware! Let me be clear: boys should not […]
BREAKING: Trump Fires AG Bondi
Those who predicted her firing in our DL Poll may collect their prize–a free subscription to Delaware Liberal. She apparently was fired because most of the attempted prosecutions of Trump’s enemies fell apart. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/02/us/trump-news” “The dismissal of Ms. Bondi, 60, ends a turbulent 14-month tenure as attorney general in which she tried desperately to appease […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 2, 2026
Guaranteed: John Carney Will Screw Up Policy For The Homeless Whether He Intends To Or Not: A chaotic scene unfolded during a sunny Wednesday afternoon at Christina Park as Wilmington officials attempted to carry out a plan to move residents of a city-sanctioned homeless encampment out of their personal tents and into government-issued ones. The […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 1, 2026
ChristianaCare Aims To Expand Expand Expand: ChristianaCare announced Monday it is building a new $75 million inpatient rehabilitation facility for patients in need of physical, speech and occupational therapy near its Newark hospital. Monday’s announcement comes as part of the hospital’s $865 million investment into health facilities across the state, and more than a month […]
‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes: March 2026
No ‘April Fools’ Gold’ here. So many good ones this month that I had to cut a couple. Don’t fret–I included them in the Spotify playlist. At first, second and third listens, there’s a serious End-Of-Year Top 10 contender in this batch. Which one do you think it is? Takin’ this guy more seriously with […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Rethugs Go After Delaware’s Voter Info. You know, b/c the 2020 election was stolen: Republican National Committee v. Anthony J. Albence, in his official capacity as State Election Commissioner of Delaware Plaintiff seeks an order compelling defendant to allow plaintiff access to Delaware’s voter maintenance list in order to review programs designed to update and […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 30, 2026
Trump Runs Out Of Options: It is hard to convey the gloom that has overtaken Washington. All the structures that are vital to crisis management have either been attenuated or disbanded. There is hardly anyone left on the National Security Council staff. A friend described an empty State Department where you could hear your own […]
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