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DelawareLIVE Weekly Review – June 18, 2023

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Click on the image below to view as a PDF This Week’s Top Headlines Include: Headlines Learning collab executive director frontrunner sets priorities State: Complicated to ask Feds to tag smoky days as unusual Meet counselor Dana Carey, Del. behavioral pro of the year Culture Another St. Anthony’s Festival, another debate on parking Candlelight whodunnit makes you wonder who’s really …

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Spiegelman talks Nazis in opposing LGBTQ panic defense bill

Sam HautGovernment, Headlines

A bill that would ban the use of the LGBTQ panic defense in Delaware courts passed the state House Thursday,  but not before one representative brought up Jews and Nazi Germany. House Substitute 2 for House Bill 142, sponsored by Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, would not permit a defendant to claim they reacted violently when they realized that someone else …

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House committee approves LGBTQ panic defense ban

Sam HautGovernment, Headlines

It’s called the gay panic defense: Someone reacts with force or violence when he or she realizes that another person is of a certain sexual orientation or gender identity. Delaware legislators are moving to eliminate that as a defense in Delaware courts.  The House Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 142,  sponsored by Rep. Eric Morrison, D-Glasgow, to eliminate the move …

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Two lawmakers storm out of rushed committee hearing

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

Two Republican lawmakers stormed out of a House committee hearing Wednesday after being asked to limit their questions and public comments were restricted to one minute each.  The committee met to discuss five bills with just an hour allotted for the meeting before lawmakers were due on the House floor for a short session.  Two of those bills – Senate …

Cannabis legalization may return for a vote in 2022, sponsor says

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

Rep. Ed Osienski, D-Newark. It may not be the end of the line for recreational marijuana legalization in Delaware. While Rep. Ed Osienski’s House Bill 305 was defeated in the House of Representatives after a stunning series of events Thursday, the Newark Democrat said he’s still hopeful that cannabis prohibition could come to an end in 2022.  “I hope there’s …

New grants will help ready sites to lure commercial, industrial business

Charlie MegginsonBusiness, Government, Headlines

Gov. John Carney on Tuesday signed a bill that will allow state organizations to have possible commercial sites ready for quick building or move in. Gov. John Carney signed a bipartisan bill Tuesday aimed at attracting new businesses to Delaware by investing in site readiness. Senate Bill 127 establishes a fund to provide economic assistance to qualified businesses and public …

List of Bond Bill’s community projects still unpublished

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

When the General Assembly passed a record-setting $1.3 billion bond bill last week, the spending package did not include a list of the $70 million in projects chosen by legislators for their districts. The Community Redevelopment Fund includes one-time allocations which legislators earmark for nonprofits, schools, and community agencies in their districts. Ordinarily, each organization receiving funding would have its …

House, Senate send largest bond bill ever to Carney for signature

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

The Delaware Senate says the Pledge of Allegiance at the start of Tuesday’s session. Delaware residents will soon see the effects of a $1.35 billion spending package authorized by both houses of the General Assembly on Tuesday. Gov. John Carney is expected to sign the spending package as well as a $63 million Grants-in-Aid bill on Wednesday at 1 p.m. …