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Fixing Delaware’s Budget: Smart Solutions for Growth

Fixing Delaware’s Budget:  Smart Solutions for Growth By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy March 5, 2025     Delaware faces a growing budget crisis—rising costs, demographic shifts and slow economic growth threaten the state&rsquo...
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An Open Letter to Governor Meyer: Money Isn’t the Answer

An Open Letter to Governor Meyer:  Money Isn’t the Answer By Tanya Hettler, PhD Center for Education Policy February 13, 2025     I have carefully read your education plan for Delaware multiple times. There are several aspects of your plan that I think would be...
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Delaware Legacies: Caesar Rodney vs. Joe Biden

Delaware Legacies:  Caesar Rodney vs. Joe Biden By Charlie Copeland, Director Caesar Rodney Institute January 14, 2025 (updated 3/20/2025)     "The du Ponts and [their early CFO John] Raskob made it Rodney Square. I'd like to create a Joe Biden-center...
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What is the Delaware Department of Education Trying to Hide?

What is the Delaware Department of Education Trying to Hide? By Tanya Hettler, PhD Center for Education Policy November 27, 2024 (Updated)   The Department of Education (DOE), school districts, school boards, and the state teachers' union are hiding information from the p...
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Caesar Rodney: A Founding Delegate Who Helped Start America’s Road to Freedom Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the First Continental Congress

Caesar Rodney:   A Founding Delegate Who Helped Start America's Road to Freedom Celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the First Continental Congress   By Charlie Copeland, Director Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy October 31, 2024 (Picture ...
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Delaware’s Next Governor Must Declare a State of Emergency in Education

Delaware's Next Governor Must Declare a State of Emergency in Education   By  Tanya Hettler, PhD  Director, Center for Education Policy October 28, 2024     Delaware’s educational performance on the National Assessment of E...
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Delaware’s Top Revenue Sources: A Decade of Change

Delaware's Top Revenue Sources: A Decade of Change   Tracking Delaware's Tax Shifts and What's Ahead By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy September 6, 2024     "Sometimes called Delaware's 'hidden s...
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The Eight-Year Priorities of the Carney Administration

The Eight-Year Priorities of the Carney Administration By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy August 9, 2024   "When somebody says it's not about the money, it's about the money." - H.L. Mencken   Politicians give many s...
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Is Early Childhood Education Really Where Delaware Should Be Focused?

Is Early Childhood Education Really Where Delaware Should Be Focused? By Tanya Hettler, PhD Center for Education Policy July 12, 2024   A new Early Childhood Education Bill, SB 305, which expands state-provided early childhood education services, has passed in the latest sessio...
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Campaign Finance in Delaware – The Dark Money Continues

Campaign Finance in Delaware - The Dark Money Continues By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy July 11, 2024   "A dependence on the people is no doubt the primary control on the government." -James Madison (Fourth President of the United States...
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