Until last month's news about the legal difficulties of onetime Delaware GOP nuisance Mike Protack, I had no idea he had decamped to San Diego, which got me to wondering…
Most people who want Donald Trump prosecuted for his life of crime felt disappointed when Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg was indicted for tax crimes over what were characterized as…
We can argue about the merits of the recently-concluded first session of the 151st General Assembly. However, with a progressive Senate D Caucus moving full speed ahead, we learned who…
The deal was cut months ago. There would be a four-bill package of gun control bills that would be worked and passed this year. Two bills would start in the…
Awake yet? We're not talking Countdown To Ecstasy. We're talking Countdown To Inevitability. A relatively drama-free June 30. We don't yet know whether the Senate will take up the magazine…
Let's see...I've got my cold-brewed coffee w/oat milk at the ready, facing at least two hours of cogent analysis and unrelenting snark...let's DO this! The Bill Mill is grinding overtime…
Everybody has their wish-list. Here's mine. I'm limiting this to those items that conceivably could be done before the conclusion of this legislative session. So, I'm not including pot legalization…
Dispatcher: "Adam-12, Adam-12, we have a Gold Alert on SB 147 and SB 148. Both have gone missing and have been unaccounted for for at least 48 hours. Please respond."…
Pretty much every bill we discussed yesterday passed yesterday. The one exception, HB 122 (Heffernan), which would require that persons with disabilities be paid a minimum wage, is at the…
Five more days. Lots of unfinished business. Some, like the Budget Bill, will likely get done as early as today. But where's the urgency on marijuana legalization (HB 150), policing…
The Intercept got ahold of a Zoom call between West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin and a centrist money-dispensing outfit called No Labels -- founded by ex-Sen. Joe Lieberman -- in…
A great day--a GREAT day, in the State Senate yesterday. Dave Sokola and the merry band of progressives there--RULE. So many great bills passed yesterday that it's hard to know…
Let's start with some good news, sorta. SB 15, the minimum wage increase legislation, is on Thursday's House Agenda. However, it's a long Agenda, SB 15 is at the bottom…