Letter to the Editor: Delaware's economy...
Dear Editor:
Contrary to the rhetoric coming out of Dover, Delaware’s economy is doing poorly. And the political establishment has little stomach for meaningful change.
THE ECONOMY’S PERFORMANCE
EMPLOYMENT: The current annual growth rate of privat...
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Eliminate the Health care CON in Delaware
RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis
RE: Eliminate the health care CON in Delaware
DATE: 5/16/19
In 1974, Congress passed the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, which made certain Federal funding conditio...
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Jobs and Opportunity in Delaware
RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis
RE: Jobs and Opportunity in Delaware
DATE: 5/14/19
The Rhode Island Center for Freedom and Prosperity publishes a Jobs and Opportunity Index (JOI) for all the states monthly. As of March of this yea...
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Earl Jaques Response
Earl Jaques Response
Dated: 5/12/2019
In his May 5, 2019 opinion column, Rep. Earl Jaques, Chairman of the House Education Committee, solicits support for his Bill to permit districts to modestly increase their rates for operating funds without a referendum. While well-...
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Output Flat Report
RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis
RE: Output Flat
DATE: 5/9/19
The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis has released its Gross State Product (GSP) figures by state for the fourth quarter of 2018 and Delaware continues a lackluster performance.
In inflation ad...
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Money Walks
RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis
RE: Money Walks – A Tale of Two Counties
DATE: 5/7/19
The IRS compiles aggregate data on personal income tax returns and, among other things, shows the movement of household adjusted gross income (AGI) among co...
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Your Action Needed to Control Electricity Prices
Your action needed to control electricity prices
5/3/2019 David T. Stevenson, CRI Director
A bill is expected to be proposed this year to greatly increase a government mandate for more wind and solar power. A hearing has just been scheduled to be held in the Senate Hearing Room in Legisla...
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More authority to raise taxes on property owners without a referendum
House Bill 129--
More authority to raise taxes on property owners without a referendum
Date: 5/2/2019
When 3 referendums are defeated in the last several months and many more in prior years, I do not believe the first action taken by our legislators is to take the voting r...
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"A shotgun approach to curbing violent crimes"
"A shotgun approach to curbing violent crimes"
By Matt L. Lenzini, CRI Adivsory Council
4/12/2019
Numerous bills were introduced in the Delaware State legislature recently that would limit the sale of certain types of firearms, limit the capacity of magazines and limit...
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Dover wants to amend Title 29. Dover is proposing a cost of living (COLA)...
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 29 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE STATE EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT.
Having survived a nearly $400 million deficit two years ago and with State employee and retiree healthcare benefits rising 6% to 8% per annum, Senate Bill 62 no...
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