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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 28, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 28, 20196 Comments

A 'Just the facts, Ma'am' edition due to time constraints and a few glitches in the legislative information system. (Memo to Legislative Council: You might want to take LIS for…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 27, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 27, 201912 Comments

Four D state reps voted against one of the most innocuous gun reform measures you could possibly imagine. Keeping loaded firearms away from kids would seem to be as cut-and-dried…

Biden Condemns ‘White Man’s Culture’

By Alby March 27, 201920 Comments

One of Joe Biden's quirks is that he thinks nobody notices when he changes. He's had two hair-plug operations and an eye job, but nobody ever talks about it so…

Rethugs Looking For New State Chair

By El Somnambulo March 26, 201916 Comments

Mike Harrington is stepping down as Chair of the State Republican Committee. From Matt Bittle's Twitter feed: Republican Party Chairman Mike Harrington is not running for a second term. "Unfortunately,…

New Jersey Harshes the Legal Marijuana Mellow

By Alby March 26, 20192 Comments

The road to recreational marijuana legalization was closed for repairs in New Jersey yesterday, when a wide-ranging bill that would have both legalized weed and made it easier to expunge…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 26, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 26, 201920 Comments

Will the NRA once again kill common-sense gun reform? It's possible. The House is scheduled to consider HB 63(Lynn) today. The bill: ...revises the crime of "unlawfully permitting a child…

The Biden Campaign Is Doomed Before It Starts–And Joe Knows It

By El Somnambulo March 25, 20198 Comments

The 'tell' is Biden himself. You don't publicly muse about whether you're too old, whether the voters will think you're too old, whether you can raise enough money to be…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 21, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 21, 201915 Comments

Wellwellwell,guess what issue has resurfaced with no warning whatsoever. Yep, it's the slush fund for Del-Tech, this time with no automatic property tax provision. The bill allegedly was reported out…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 20, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 20, 20199 Comments

Two notable bills passed yesterday: The Senate passed SB 25(Townsend), which increases the legal minimum age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21. The House passed HB38(Bentz), which established…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., March 19, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 19, 20195 Comments

Assuming that sick bay has emptied out, the Senate will consider legislation raising the permissible age to purchase tobacco products from 18-21 today. The momentum is clearly with the bill,…

AG Jennings Goes BIG!

By El Somnambulo March 14, 201925 Comments

I can safely say that no Attorney General in Delaware history has ever introduced a criminal justice reform package as sweeping as the one that was announced today. Here is…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., March 14, 2019

By El Somnambulo March 14, 201914 Comments

I guess that the 'good news' on a day with virtually no news is that several worthy bills previously discussed here cleared committees yesterday. Other than SB 17(Hansen), which addresses…

In Which John Carney Becomes A Profligate Spender

By El Somnambulo March 13, 20192 Comments

Over $376,000-worth. What could possibly compel John Carney to spend that much taxpayers' money? The answer: Defending Delaware's quaint, but likely unconstitutional, requirement that state courts in Delaware must be…