Legalize marijuana in Delaware? Doing so could bring plenty of green, state report finds Sarah Gamard, Delaware News Journal
Headlines January 25, 2021
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Delaware could bring in $43 million a year in revenue if it legalizes and taxes marijuana, according to a report Monday from the state auditor.
The report estimated 13% of adults in the state would consume marijuana based on data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and assumed a 20% tax on the plant to get to the $43 million figure. That money could be used to plug budget holes in the short term and would continue to provide revenue for all kinds of important initiatives in the long term, Auditor Kathy McGuiness, who supports legalization, said in a statement.
Sussex County holds first offsite public hearing in Delaware Tech
News Highlights: Sussex County holds first offsite public hearing in Delaware Tech
History was made on January 21 when the Sussex County Planning and Zoning Commission first met outside of a county facility.
Due to the COVID-19 state of emergency for social distance requirements, county officials decided to move some of their meetings with public hearings to the Carter Partnership Center on the Delaware Technical Community College campus in Georgetown to accommodate larger crowds while maintaining guidelines. The council chambers in the district administration can accommodate a limited attendance of 30 people.
First for a first lady: Jill Biden to balance career and East Wing duties
21 Jan, 2021 04:00 AM
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Even before her first moments in office, Jill Biden signalled that she would put her own stamp on the job of first lady. Photo / Amr Alfiky, The New York Times
Even before her first moments in office, Jill Biden signalled that she would put her own stamp on the job of first lady. Photo / Amr Alfiky, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Katie Rogers
Dr. Biden, who holds a doctorate in educational leadership, will continue to teach writing at Northern Virginia Community College, where she taught full-time during her two terms as second lady.
Dr Biden will keep her teaching at Northern Virginia Community College separate from her public role, said her spokesman, Michael LaRosa. Biden has also matter-of-factly shrugged off questions about her decision, noting that she did not really think of it in historic terms because she had already taught as second lady.
Still, whether or not she publicises it, Biden, 69, will be the first to try such a balancing act and will inherit the scrutiny associated with her newest role. As her modern predecessors have found, although being first lady of the United States is technically a job without any official responsibilities, the expectations of the President, the White House, American voters and a few thousand journalists must be managed.