Op-Ed

Good afternoon everyone, Delaware is inching toward giving the green light to the redevelopment of a small area of the Coastal Zone. After a lengthy rule-making process that followed the passage of a controversial bill a...

Happy Friday, It was a busy week for the website and newsletter as the fiscal year ends in Delaware and the General Assembly wades through a stack of bills. Much of the news we post, including the...

Good afternoon everyone, Wilmington Trust’s Chief Economist Luke Tilley is becoming a go-to guy when it comes to analyzing the state of the economy. Tilley’s views and analyses have caught the attention of the financial media and...

Good afternoon, Bill Freeborn  offered some powerful arguments in this space  against the marijuana legalization bill now before the General Assembly. Freeborn argues that under the bill a  handful of medical marijuana dispensing locations in the...

By Bill Freeborn HB 110 seeks to legalize recreational adult-use marijuana at the expense of Delaware medical use patients. Since 2011, Delaware’s medical marijuana industry has been controlled by just three companies.  Two of the state’s...

Good afternoon, DowDuPont is wrapping up a three-way separation this week. DuPont and Corteva  (the combined Dow-DuPont agricultural operation with a Latin-sounding name that reflects its worldwide focus)  are splitting off into two publicly traded companies. Earlier...

Good afternoon everyone,  PBF’s Delaware City Refining Co. operation is often portrayed by a member of the legacy  media as a lawless polluter. PBF, like any refiner, has its share of scrapes with critics and the...

Good afternoon, Early yesterday afternoon I stopped by the Thirsty Thursday segment of the Rick Jensen Show on WDEL. Jensen sent along the invitation after getting wind of a post in this space on Groupon ranking Delaware...

Good afternoon, It was good to see that the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce endorsed socking away $125 million for tougher times. Earlier, the Delaware Business Roundtable had urged legislators not to use surplus funds for  ...

Good afternoon, Earlier this spring, I received a slick paper newsletter from Wilmington contractor EDiS. The carefully crafted print piece contained a number of interesting stories on the company’s projects and people. I read it cover to cover. While...