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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 23, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 23, 2021

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…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 22, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 22, 2021

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 Claudettes Coming To Arden!!

By El Somnambulo June 21, 2021

WHO, you might ask... My kind of band. First concert I've booked since the pandemic took live music away from us. Why tell you when I can show you?: And…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 18, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 18, 2021

We (Almost) Have A Progressive General Assembly! Passage of the $15 minimum wage bill is a BFD. The Senate has become a progressive legislative body run by progressive leaders. There…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, June 16, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 16, 2021

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…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 15, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 15, 2021

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…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 12, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 12, 2021

Trump Handed Private Equity Firms License To Avoid Taxes. The day before the Capitol riots: There were two weeks left in the Trump administration when the Treasury Department handed down…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, June 10, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 10, 2021

Today's the day that marijuana legalization comes to the House floor. It's likely to be a lo-o-o-ng day. After all, it's a lo-o-o-ng bill. HB 150 (Osienski) already has ten…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., June 9, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 9, 2021

Pity The Poor Rethuglican. A couple of years ago, Speaker Pete cut a deal with them rather than work with his own caucus. The result? A special 'training wage' and…

State Rep/Ex-Cop Steve Smyk Implicated In Sex Discrimination/Harassment Suit

By El Somnambulo June 8, 2021

Far be it from me to sensationalize allegations pertaining to any of the cop-legislators in Dover (he lied), but this case promises to be Sensational. It features Steve Smyk (rhymes…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, June 8, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 8, 2021

It's official. Matt Bittle is the best legislative beat reporter I've seen during my years of working for/following the General Assembly. Chad Livengood was the best investigative reporter, but you…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, June 5, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 5, 2021

Federal Judge Strikes Down Cali's Assault Weapons Ban. Calls the AR-15 assault rifle '...a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment.” One of Dubya's judges. Sinema Supporter:…

DL Open Thread: Friday, June 4, 2021

By El Somnambulo June 4, 2021

The Second Amendment And Slavery: Perfect Together? Worthy of a REV podcast...here's the gist of this historian's argument: In her new book, The Second: Race and Guns in a Fatally…