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DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 19, 2026
Like commenter Paula (who really should be writing for us), I received the mailer from the Delaware Healthcare Association yesterday. Had I been inclined to oppose SB 1 before I received it, I would now lean in the opposite direction. The premise is absurd–a bunch of legislators got together and said ‘Let’s destroy the finest […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., March 18, 2026
I was pleasantly surprised to see that SB 239 (Hansen), which provides incentive for people and businesses to use solar energy, passed the Senate unanimously. No opposition from the Gas Guzzlers Caucus. Good. In the House, HB 278 (Spiegelman), which provides for more opportunities for hunters to ply their weapons, passed with only one no […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, March 18, 2026
I Told You From The Very Beginning That the Underwater City At Ft. DuPont Was A Scam. Here’s more proof: Land that was once publicly owned and later became the focus of plans for a private RV park within the state’s Fort DuPont redevelopment project could now be headed for a sheriff’s sale. In 2021, […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
I guess the big news this week will be the first hearing on SB 1 (Townsend), which seeks to contain excessive healthcare charges from Delaware’s hospitals. That hearing takes place tomorrow at 10 am in the Senate Chamber. The livestream link can be found here. The irony of Townsend, as sponsor, and ChristianaCare’s Ray Seigfried, […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, March 17, 2026
‘America Is No Longer A Democracy.’ Just thought you’d like to know: The US is no longer a democracy. One of the most credible global sources on the health of democratic nations now says this outright. The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute at Gothenburg University reaches the alarming conclusion in its annual report, that the […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, March 16, 2026
ChristianaCare Gears Up To Fight Healthcare Cost Containment Bill: Delawareans with private insurance pay some of the highest prices in the nation for hospital services. Research also shows the state’s hospitals generally have higher profits than the national average. New legislation sponsored by Senate Majority leader Bryan Townsend, D-Newark, aims to invest more in primary […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Morning Magazine: March 15, 2026
‘My Year As A Degenerate Gambler’: State-sponsored thievery: On a Thursday evening in September, I excused myself from the family dinner table and slipped into my bedroom. I didn’t want my kids to see what I was about to do. With the door locked behind me, I pulled out my phone and downloaded the DraftKings […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, March 14, 2026
A Charade Is A Charade Is A Charade: Republican politicians don’t have much of a chance in Wilmington elections. Residents of Delaware’s largest city, where Democrats hold a nearly 9-1 voter registration advantage over Republicans, haven’t elected a mayor or treasurer from the GOP for more than 50 years. Republicans have only held that one […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending March 12, 2026
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of […]
DL Open Thread: Friday March 13, 2026
Allen Harim’s Excuse For Pollution Violations? ‘It’s too cold.’: The Allen Harim poultry processing facility in Harbeson was cited by DNREC for “exceeding effluent limitations of nitrogen”, meaning the site exceeded nitrogen levels permissible in the plant’s wastewater by state law. DNREC’s violation notice, issued earlier this month, says the plant has been violating that […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, March 12, 2026
YES! President Pro-Tem Dave Sokola apparently read the same report on scofflaw Allen Harim’s serial and ongoing environmental violations as we did. He has placed HB 222 (Lambert) on today’s Senate Agenda. You will recall that objections from downstate agriculture interests had impelled Lambert to remove the poultry firms from his bill that increased fines on […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, March 12, 2026
Hope You Recently Filled Up Your Tank: Iraq and Oman closed oil terminals on Thursday after two tankers were attacked and left burning off Iraq’s coast, as the International Energy Agency warned that the war in the Middle East had caused “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” Oil prices […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Today’s a huge committee day in Dover. But first, yesterday’s Session Activity Report. It was comity all around as all the legislation passed unanimously. OK, deep breath, and more caffeine, as we review today’s chock-full schedule of committee meetings. I flipped a coin, and have decided to start with today’s Senate committee meeting highlights. SB […]
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