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General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20261 Comment

Looks like a 'Just the facts, Ma'am' edition today. But I'll try to toss in a little snark to make it, if not interesting, at least readable. Here is yesterday's…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20263 Comments

Rep. Spiegelman Tries To Justify Free Trips By Introducing Legislation To 'Clarify' What Is Already The Law. Hey, as long as it brings more public scrutiny to these junkets, I'm…

Did Deb Heffernan, Ed Mulvihill, and Peco Liquors Violate Delaware Campaign Finance Laws?

By El Somnambulo May 5, 202610 Comments

Signs point to 'yes'. Let's take a trip in the Not-So-Wayback Machine to December of 2021. December 30, to be specific. Progressive candidate Becca Cotto is running an insurgent campaign…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 5, 20262 Comments

Delaware Cops Doing Delaware Cops Things. Utterly disgraceful: Delaware Pastor Tony Neal said he turned his life around in the early 1990s after leaving prison. But his criminal record prevented…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 5, 20261 Comment

Let's start with two bills whose fates remain uncertain: SB 1(Townsend) was released to great fanfare, and promised to limit increased costs of primary health care. The bill cleared its…

DL Open Thread: Monday, May 4, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 4, 202623 Comments

Melanie Ross Levin Owes Us An Apology. Kids, here's what the State Rep wrote on her Facebook: What is it like being a Democratic Jewish legislator? It means dealing with antisemitism…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 3, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 3, 2026

How The Tech World Turned Evil. Some pieces lend themselves to judicious excerpting. This is not such a piece. It's a perfect long-form Sunday morning read. Read it, you'll learn…

BREAKING: Working Families Party Of Delaware Endorses Six Candidates For The General Assembly

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20266 Comments

The announcements were made at a Working Families Party event this morning at the Wilmington PAL. The following were endorsed: Adrianna Leela Bohm, SD 1. Running against incumbent Dan Cruce.…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 2, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20262 Comments

Delaware Progressives Hit The Big Time--or, at least, CNBC: A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers who pushed…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 1, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 1, 20262 Comments

Marydel Fire Company--Exception, Or The Rule?: A state audit investigating fraud within the volunteer fire company of a small, unincorporated town along the Delaware-Maryland border revealed tens of thousands of…

Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 30, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 1, 202611 Comments

1. BREAKING: Nicole Poore Has A Challenger! Keonna Watson. Got this in my e-mail yesterday evening: Friend, I am Delaware. I was raised in New Castle County—shaped by these streets,…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, April 30, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 30, 20264 Comments

Dog Bites Man: Yet Another Leak At Croda Plant. Federal and state regulators are investigating a leak of a cancer-causing chemical that occurred earlier this month at an industrial site…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, April 29, 2026

By El Somnambulo April 29, 20263 Comments

FILL IN THE BLANK: @StevenCheung47 / Via x.com "TRUMP S-ITS FOR HIS 60 MINUTES INTERVIEW." General Assembly To Consider New School Funding Formula: Delaware is taking a major step forward…