Archive for the ‘State’ Category

At the Governor's Summit on Child Poverty and Economic Opportunity, Gov. Jack Markell announced a proposed legislation to protect Delaware families from predatory lenders. Full story

Governor Jack Markell met with many of Delaware’s bloggers at the Panera Café in Newark, Delaware for a question and answer session covering his budget proposal, sports betting, and bringing back former social services chief Vincent P. Meconi. Full story

House Majority Whip Rep. Valerie J. Longhurst (D-Bear) introduced legislation Thursday that would align public school board elections with the bi-annual general elections. Full story

House Gaming and Pari-mutuels Committee chair Rep. John J. Viola (D-Newark), and vice-chair Rep. Helene M. Keeley (D-Wilmington South) will hold a public hearing on Monday to collect public testimony regarding sports betting. The public hearing, scheduled for Monday, March 30 at 6 p.m., will take place at the Christina Fire Company Memorial Hall ... Full story

Legislation introduced by Rep. Peter Schwartzkopf (D-Rehoboth), and sponsored by Rep. Valerie Longhurst (D-Bear) and Sen. Anthony DeLuca (D-Varlano), would officially legalize sports betting in Delaware. Full story

On Wednesday, lawmakers in the House and Senate began considering legislation that could have a major impact on gays, marriage, employment and the very social fabric of the state. Full story

Standing in front of solar panel producer CMI Electric in Newark, Sens. Tom Carper and Ted Kaufman (both D-Del.) and Gov. Jack ... Full story

A major piece of legislation that would place the Delaware General Assembly under the Freedom of Information Act has cleared its first major hurdle Thursday, unanimously passing the House of Representatives. Full story

Gov. Markell’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes a combination of tax increase's, across-the-board salary cuts and the creation of a sports betting lottery to help close a record $750 million shortfall that may increase in coming months. Full story

The Delaware congressional delegation have released the total list of federal funds that Delaware received as part of the 2009 omnibus appropriations bill that was signed into law by President Obama on Wednesday. Full story