Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines State’s 2024 budget of $5.6 billion jumps 10% over 2023 Republicans make one more try to limit DNREC on EV mandate After 6-month search, Learning Collab selects exec. director Republican bill would allow bail denial for firearm offenses Gender-affirming bill draws GOP criticism; action …
Paid leave hasn’t started, but changes already suggested
Proposed laws shifting who deals with appeals to the state’s new paid leave program, which starts in 2026 drew little comment in Wednesday’s Senate Health and Social Services Committee meeting. Senate Bill 178, sponsored by Sen. Sarah McBride, D-Wilmington and committee chair, makes technical changes to private plans under the Family and Medical Leave Program. The new program requires Delaware …
Mail-in ballots, paid leave, police reform top 2022 legislative agenda
State legislators will be back in session in a little more than a month. Photo by Aimintang/Getty Images Signature In five weeks, Delaware’s 151st General Assembly will kick off its 2022 legislative session with many Democratic legislators looking to advance progressive causes that have previously struggled to gain traction. Democrats control both chambers of the General Assembly by wide margins. …