Delaware
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 22, 2025
The Big Story: Senate To Consider Inspector General Bill Today. SB 4 (Sturgeon) will pass, likely unanimously. Bipartisan sponsors in both houses. Governor has said he supports it. Unless the Speaker Of The House opposes it, I see little difficulty getting it through the House. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Yes, the Speaker’s horrible […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., May 21, 2025
Let’s start with a real feel-good bill signing: https://www.delawareonline.com/videos/news/local/2025/05/20/gov-meyer-signs-medical-aid-in-dying-bill/83746069007/ Watch the video. Thrilled to see retired Rep. Paul Baumbach front and center at the signing. Gov. Meyer appeared genuinely moved at being able to sign the bill. Back to the daily grind. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. The big news? The Senate Finance Committee voted […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Dog Bites Man: Today’s Senate Agenda was made public on Friday morning, the House Agenda didn’t go up until around 3 pm yesterday. Less than 24 hours before session. This has been Standard Operating Procedure for this Speaker. You’d have to ask her why. I think the public deserves more public notice. Even former speakers […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, May 16, 2025
The Shit Hits The Fan. Boy, does it. Read the entire thing. There’s so much to unpack that I can only scratch the surface with excerpts: State Rep. Sherae’a Moore’s (D-Middletown) removal from the House Education Committee has sparked a larger conversation around due process and Democratic infighting within the Delaware legislature. Moore argues her […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 15, 2025
People who I respect had told me that Speaker Mimi Minor-Brown was even worse than Our Pal Val Longhurst. Recent events, specifically Mimi’s running roughshod over members of her own caucus during the debate on the Musk-Pass bill, and the Speaker’s attempt to hijack the Democratic NCC County Convention, had moved me in that direction. […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Yeah, I know, I’m late again. That’s because the story about Ciro and his legislative bete noir took on a life of its own. Anyway, this is designed to cover everything else I deem worthy of covering. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. A solid day of work in both chambers with several quality bills, […]
Will This Elected Official Once Again Kill This Great Bill?
We start today with a story about how one publicly-elected official, NCC Register Of Wills Ciro Poppiti, has led a years-long effort to quash what I think is a great bill. The bill in question is HS1/HB 147 (Harris). Here’s an excerpt from an AARP Op-Ed as to what the bill would do: AARP Delaware […]
NEA Cuts Delaware Arts Funding: A Masterclass in Trump/DOGE Stupidity
Guest post by Jason330 Well, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is on the chopping block. That means 100% of its funding to Delaware for FY25 is probably gone. That’s right – poof! Zeroed out. Vanished. In 2024, the NEA granted the Delaware Division of the Arts a modest $950,000. Not exactly a king’s […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Could be a productive week in Dover, based on the promise of today’s Agendas. Particularly the Senate Agenda. Let’s start there. I see at least three notable bills: SB 122 (Huxtable): supports critical health care workforce research and planning efforts by giving the Division of Public Health and the Delaware Health Care Commission the ability […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 8, 2025
Wednesday was basically a committee day with a handful of non-controversial bills being worked in the Senate. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Today’s Senate Agenda features two House bills that seek to address the issue of ‘double-dipping’ elected public officials. Both HB 9 (K. Williams) and HB 38 (K. Williams) passed the House unanimously […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
So. I went online around 2:45 pm yesterday, only to find that the Senate had broken its land-speed record for passing the corporate law package. Gavelled in at 2, agenda completed by 2:45. After all, it’s not as if any questions were warranted. The House passed the bill designed to get Our Man In Pakistan […]
BREAKING: Camden (DE) Police Department Cuts Deal With ICE
This requires its own thread: Several Delaware civil rights organizations are calling for the town of Camden and its police department to withdraw from a recently adopted agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which allows local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration laws. ICE records show the Camden Police Department signed onto the […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
We’ve got at least two games of chicken going on in Dover–the Port vendetta between the State Senate and the Governor, and the battle over how to pay for the FY 2026 budget. The more urgent is the latter, as any prospective resolution over the Edgemoor port expansion will require the courts to sort out […]
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