With some state expenses, such as Medicaid, higher than expected for 2024, legislators who want to create a state office of inspector general plan to wait until next year to introduce a bill to do that. ā[I]t does come with a fiscal note, to create a new agency does cost some money,ā said Sen. Laura Sturgeon, D-Hockessin. āIt’s not astronomical. …
A bill that raises how much income tax must be paid by those who make more than $100,000Ā drew frustration from Republicans Wednesday, but passed to the full House. House Bill 128, sponsored by Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, chairman of the House Revenue and Finance Committee, creates a new tax bracket requiring those who make more than $100,000 a year …
Moral, ethical and religious opinions were at the heart of a lengthy debate on assisted suicide that had nearly 40 public commentors in the House Health & Human Development Committee Tuesday. House Bill 140, sponsored by Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, permits a terminally ill adult resident of Delaware to request and self-administer medication to end the individual’s life in a …
A bill that would lower the voting age to vote in school board elections from 18 to 16 drew heavy criticism from both sides of the aisle in the House Education Committee Wednesday. After an hour-and-a-half conversation filled with both Democrats and Republicans opposing the legislation, House Bill 96 was tabled Wednesday. That means the committee will take no further …
The idea of creating an inspector general for Delaware united multiple advocacy groups that sponsored a Zoom forum on the benefits of such a job. On Monday, 71 people attended a virtual forum hosted by the Delaware Coalition for Open Government and Delaware Press Association. Also sponsoring the call were Common Cause Delaware, Delaware Poor Peopleās Campaign, Delaware Public Preschool …
Seniors in Delaware may save an additional $350 in school property taxes next year under a bill that drew lots of discussion in the House Education Committee Wednesday. House Bill 29, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hensley, R-Odessa, increases the Senior Real Property Tax credit to $750 from $400. Thatās will counter a raise put in place by the Appropriations Bill …
A bill that would eliminate delays to school board candidatesā names appearing on Delawareās Department of Elections website was passed by the Delaware House Tuesday. House Bill 88, sponsored by Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, would require the state to publicly list school board candidates who are waiting for their background checks to be completed as a āprovisional candidate.ā Due to …
Defying the demands of theĀ state teachers union, a committee formed to make recommendations on educator pay voted Monday to bring teacherās starting salary to $60,000 over four years rather than three.Ā The four-year plan will consist of a 2% salary increase and a flat dollar increase of $1,875 to the base salary for teachers, nurses and administrators each year …
A bill that would establish a 17-person task force to focus on mentoring and improving literacy rates for Delawareās youth unanimously passed the House Education Committee Wednesday.Ā āWe believe that the 18,222 children in charter schools across our state benefit not just from the educators in the building, but from the village that helps educate them,ā said Kendall Massett, executive …
The Delaware House of Representatives on Tuesday once again sent a bill to legalize the use of marijuana in the First State to the Senate, this time on a 28 to 13 vote. House Bill 1 is sponsored yet again by Rep. Edward Osienski, D-Newark, who managed to get a similar bill passed last year, only to see it vetoed …
