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Weekend visits to their Delaware home by President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden topped the list of most-read stories on the Delaware Business Now website.
It was reported last month that the president spent more weekends outside the White House than his recent predecessors.
Biden has been facing growing challenges to his presidency that include the possibility that his ambitious legislative agenda might fall victim to a split among moderates and progressives in the Democratic party as well as unyielding GOP opposition.
The Delaware visits draw harsh criticism from Biden opponents and muted praise from supporters. In northern Delaware, the trips boost the economy as aides and security staff take hotel rooms and dine in the Wilmington area.
Biden was out of town over the weekend, attending a summit of European leaders in Italy. The visit included The President and First Lady meeting with Pope Francis. The visit drew criticism from conservative Catholics, who cite the president’s pro-choice actions.
Rounding out the top five was news of the death of luxury home builder Tim Dewson and an update on a slow decline in Covid-19 cases after a summer and early fall surge.
A late entry in the top 10 came over the weekend when a Chicago logistics center development company announced it had acquired 149 acres in the Glasgow area.
Plans, which were already in the works, from the former owner, call for distribution buildings at the site that was once owned by manufacturer W.L. Gore.
Click on the links below to check out the top 15 stories
- Bidens wind up long weekend visit with the wedding of nephew to former Real Housewives star.
- Biden’s weekend trip to Delaware includes talks with two leading U.S. senators, visit to their granddaughter’s field hockey game.
- Biden stops by Greenville BrewHaha during a weekend trip.
- Delaware Covid-19 cases remain on a plateau, a reversal from previous outbreaks.
- Homebuilder Timothy Dewson, 67.
- Covid update: 16 new deaths, 289 new cases.
- Dining notes: Cornerstone Awards, Mexican restaurant chain coming to Bear
- Covid update: 11 new deaths as hospitalizations hover around 2200
- Chicago company acquires 149-acre site slated to become logistics center.
- Photographer Kevin Fleming gets one year in federal prison after not filing tax returns since the early 1980s.
- Bayhealth, the state’s second-largest hospital system, and rehab hospital company, announce a joint venture.
- Former Seaford FedEx manager gets 42 months in federal prison in connection with thefts that ran into the millions of dollars.
- Judge rejects request to pay State Auditor’s private lawyer $500 an hour out-of-state funds.
- Kent Sussex counties are among most vulnerable home markets in the nation post-Covid.
- State Auditor Kathy McGuiness indicated on criminal charges.
Enjoy your Monday evening. Our newsletter returns tomorrow. – Doug and Sharon Rainey
