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Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 17, 2017

By El Somnambulo January 17, 2017

Yes, today I offer you a brief respite from all of those 'Markell legacy' pieces emanating from...the Markell Administration. Which ends today. No, not the self-serving legacy pieces. The Markell…

Sen. Marshall Proposes Minimum Wage Increase

By El Somnambulo January 15, 2017

If memory serves, this is a far more modest proposal than in recent years. SB 10 provides for a 50 cent increase each year for the next four years, and then, post-2020, ties minimum wage increases to Social Security Cost-of-Living increases.

‘Bulo on WHYY TV-12 Tonight

By El Somnambulo January 13, 2017

I really hit my TV stride with this one. 'First' at 5:30 pm. Mark Eichman and I talk about the General Assembly and, specifically, the budget deficit. I'm pretty sure…

BREAKING: Gov. Markell Submits Final Budget Proposal

By El Somnambulo January 12, 2017

Here is the press release: Dover, DE – Governor Jack Markell today unveiled a balanced Fiscal Year 2018 budget proposal that promotes increased job and educational opportunities for Delawareans, while…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thurs., January 12, 2017

By El Somnambulo January 12, 2017

Exciting news! We have our First Agenda of the Year! There is one bill on it! The bill on this agenda pretty much defines everything you need to know about…

Delaware United Wants You!

By El Somnambulo January 11, 2017

If grassroots progressive politics is your thing, especially when you're part of a group of real cool energetic volunteers, I've got just the opportunity for you. Delaware United is in the…

Carney Cashes in On Corporate Welfare

By El Somnambulo January 10, 2017

Check out who is paying for Carney's Inaugural soiree. No foreseeable conflicts-of-interest here, nosiree: "Thank you to our Sponsors* Platinum – $10,000 AT&T The Chemours Company, FC, LLC Comcast JP…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tues., Jan. 10, 2017

By El Somnambulo January 10, 2017

You wouldn't know it from today's News-Journal, which used to be a newspaper, but the 149th Delaware General Assembly will convene today for its first session. Technically, the State Senate…

The Legislative Pipeline Is Open

By El Somnambulo January 9, 2017

19 bills have been prefiled in the House. Several of which are important bills. Here is the full list. Here are the ones that jump out at me: The Rethugs…

Help John Carney To Be the Best Democratic Governor He Can Be

By El Somnambulo January 7, 2017

$350 million. That's the projected budgetary hole that soon-to-be-installed Governor John Carney will face this year. There is more than a little irony in that. Just like Ruth Ann Minner…

Coons “Encouraged” That Tillerson Doesn’t Seem as Clueless as Trump

By jason330 January 5, 2017

It doesn't take much to impress Coons. [BTW - That's not Coons shaking Tillerson's hand. That's Putin, the guy Coons says Tillerson understands to be a "threat to NATO" shaking Tillerson's hand.]

Delaware named top “state to watch” for pot legalization in 2017

By jason330 January 5, 2017

"Weed News" figures Delaware is among the most likely to legalize marijuana in 2017. I don't see it, but my ear isn't exactly tuned to cannabis issues. I mean it seems obvious to me that the "war on drugs" and criminalization of pot use is racially and economically unjust in the extreme, but other that that (not partaking myself) I'm agnostic the question of legalization.

‘Bulo’s Fave Tunes of 2016: The Top Ten!!!

By El Somnambulo December 29, 2016

But first, here's a helpful set of musical links for those late to the party: 41-50. 31-40. 21-30. 11-20. Enough stalling! Come inside for the Top 10.