Competitiveness Agenda

Permitting, healthcare costs drive State Chamber’s Competitiveness Agenda

Peter OsborneBusiness, Government, Headlines

The business community is paying close attention to what the General Assembly will do in the current session. Still, Delaware State Chamber of Commerce President Michael Quaranta isn’t wholly convinced that legislators are paying attention to what the business community needs. “If you walked around Legislative Hall and asked the 41 members of the House if they could name the …

Leg Hall

Early House leadership discourse is conciliatory as liberal politics takes further hold

Bradley VasoliHeadlines, Government, Government & Politics

By Bradley Vasoli Liberal politics are on a steady march in the Delaware House of Representatives. The shift reached a milestone in September when progressive Kamela Smith defeated Speaker Valerie Longhurst (D-Bear) in their state House primary. The trend continued with the Democrats boosting their chamber majority by one seat in the general election earlier this month. And the leftward …