A sad but predictable wave of gun violence
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Wilmington officials knew this day would come.
Gun-related violence comes in waves. In recent days Wilmington has seen five homicides in quick succession...
DMV worries about license plate vigilantes and phone cameras
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This low digit tag thing may be getting out of hand.
The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles is cautioning motorists with a thing for low-numbered...
A makeover for Amtrak’s long-distance trains
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(At left, photo of Amtrak CEO Richard Anderson)
I did not have time to make the trek down to Washington, D.C. to check out...
A lodging tax dilemma for Kent County & Dover
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We are beginning to see a debate in Dover over the lodging tax that should have occurred at Legislative Hall.
Over the past year...
Delaware’s many recessions
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At some points, Delaware’s long-running economic recovery felt bumpy.
The Quartz digital site may have come up with an explanation. The site used...
Jennings takes an activist stance on consumer issues
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Things are changing in the Attorney General’s Office
We saw evidence of this when AG General Kathy Jennings joined eight other Democrats holding the post...
Revised coastal zone regs becoming a reality
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The long process of updating the Coastal Zone Act has reached a conclusion with new regulations becoming effective on Sept. 11.
It comes...
A bumpy road ranking report
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Commentaries from the Caesar Rodney Institute are not especially popular among legislators of the majority party.
One of the latest memos from the free-market-oriented...
The urge to merge hits hospitals
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A wave of consolidation is being felt within Delaware and Maryland hospital systems.
A textbook example is a pending merger between Salisbury’s Peninsula and...
Do we need a recession countdown?
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Many are getting uncomfortable with the drumbeat of media coverage on a possible recession.
Yes, there are signs of a slowdown, but I see...
Opinion – Windpower projects running into opposition
By David Stevenson, Caesar Rodney Institute
Utility scale wind power projects are facing a number of obstacles. The extreme cases are in European countries that...
A Styrofoam ban and a certain landfill
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We haven’t heard a peep of late about Dart Container’s plans to move distribution sites to Delaware.
The company, best known for its red...
Concord Pike’s makeover is underway
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Monday’s column on changes on Kirkwood Highway brought a response from a business owner who opened an establishment a few years ago...
TransPerfect dispute shows no signs of going away
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The aftermath of the dispute over control of TransPerfect rolls on, even though Delaware Chancery Court last year ruled that co-founder Philip...
School buildings part of infrastructure gap
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Much of the discussion on aging and neglected infrastructure has focused on highways and bridges.
But an equally weighty issue involves schools.
This week, Sussex Tech...
Update from the C-suite: Shareholders no longer come first
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Gaining lots of attention this week was a statement signed by 181 CEOS who shifted gears on the long-held stance.
The new Statement...
RVs, emergency rooms and a weekday at Bernie’s
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Monday’s column about the state’s rejection of an emergency center in Sussex County brought a response worth considering.
The reader passed along his story...
RVs and a recession
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If you have driven by Elkhart, Indiana, you can’t help but notice the fleets of recreational vehicles and travel trailers parked outside assembly plants...
The cost of emergency rooms and MRI machines
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At a panel discussion nearly three decades ago the president of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware bemoaned the fact that Delaware had...
A $9.4 billion sea wall for Delaware?
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As Delaware and other states come to grips with the effects of sea level rise, we can expect to see some dire...
