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Democrats respond they will not be bullied to return April 8, 2021 Citing recent contentious Senate committee hearings, and dramatically rising COVID-19 inoculation rates, House and Senate Republican leaders have called for the Delaware General Assembly to resume actual public committee meetings and floor action. It has been more than a year since the state Legislature stopped meeting at Legislative Hall to help curtail the spread of COVID-19.  While the House and Senate have met virtually, and held online committee meetings, General Assembly Republicans point to a Senate Judiciary...

Jack Guerin Special to the USA TODAY Network Through our recent national traumas, we’ve learned the importance of the rule of law.  No one in our society should be above the law including the Delaware General Assembly. As Thomas Jefferson warned, “Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories.” Our lawmakers have used their lawmaking power to exempt themselves from the section of the Delaware Code known as the “State Employees’, Officers’ and Officials’ Code of Conduct” and from over...

March 2, 2021 Lewes Board of Adjustment to meet The Lewes Board of Adjustment will meet virtually at 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 2. The group will consider a variance request for 119-125 Schley Ave. regarding minimum lot width and minimum lot area within the R-4, medium-density residential zone. A link to the meeting can be found on the agenda at lewes.civicweb.net.  Lewes sponsorship subcommittee to meet The Lewes Sponsorship Subcommittee of the Parks and Recreation Commission will meet virtually at 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 3. The group is working to develop a city policy on sponsor...

WHYY By Rev. Silvester Beaman gives the benediction during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) Corie Priest of Wilmington had a hard time finding work after he was released from prison. Like many others, he still faced collateral punishments from his criminal conviction after he served his sentence. “A felony conviction is a weapon of mass destruction for economic growth and upward mobility,” Priest said. His conviction meant a lifetime of explaining himself everywhere he went. “Trying to get a...

New Renewable Energy Legislation Passes In DE Dover, DE – On the first day after President Biden refocused the nation’s commitment to climate action, the first state passed a clean energy bill that will increase the amount of renewable energy from 25% to 40% to Delaware homes and businesses. The Renewable Portfolio Standard bill, known as S.B. 33 introduced by State Sen. Hansen and Rep. Osienski, passed both chambers of the Delaware General Assembly.  While this is a step in the right direction, Delaware still lags behind other states in the region.  The State’s current public utility...