Getting the band back together a big challenge for hospitality sector
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The help wanted signs are everywhere in Delaware, a state with a reported 6.5 percent jobless rate.
According to state Labor Department figures, hit...
Our View: Breaking the dam on vaccine supply
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Last week, the "dam broke" when it came to the ofttimes frustrating search Covid-19 vaccine.
As noted in one of our stories over the...
Public health chief honored and a chance to get a first dose of...
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A couple of years ago, the Delaware Division of Public Health Director Dr. Karyl Rattay was a little-known state government official heading a...
Delaware banking giant Schoenhals retires
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Today we learned that Marvin Schoenhals formally retired from Wilmington-based WSFS Financial Corp. after three decades.
He most recently served as a member of...
Caesar Rodney Institute’s longshot push for a tax cut
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The Caesar Rodney Institute, citing a big surplus, is pushing for business and personal tax cuts.
Recent stimulus legislation has left Delaware in good...
Amazon weighs in on minimum wage hike and Shupe fires back
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Amazon is no longer a bystander in the debate over a $15 minimum wage.
The online giant took out full-page advertisements in the print...
Coons sees a place for smaller bipartisan infrastructure bill
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Delaware U.S. Sen. Chris Coons has not given up on bipartisanship in the U.S. Senate.
Politico reported earlier this week that the senator is...
Could Wesley College taxpayer rescue funds have been put to better use?
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The debate continues over the General Assembly's wisdom spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money in a failed attempt to prop up Wesley...
Our view: Should Covid restrictions be loosened in Sussex?
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At yesterday's coronavirus briefing, longtime Associated Press Delaware reporter Randall Chase asked whether restrictions would be tightened if cases continue to rise.
Gov. John...
J&J vaccine pause another bump in Delaware’s vaccination road
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We are getting an education in science and statistics after today's news that the Food and Drug Administration recommended a pause in using...
Corporate cannabis, legalization backers duke it out
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It isn't every day that you get a 1,600-word, four-page press release on pending legislation.
But that's what happened last week after a Zoom...
Amtrak’s 2035 expansion plan includes Scranton and other burgs
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As "Amtrak Joe" Biden rolled out a nearly $2 trillion infrastructure bill, the government-owned railroad has an ambitious plan of its own...
The real risk of AstraZeneca’s vaccine
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A follow-up on a column earlier this week on AstraZeneca's two-dose vaccine and its clouded future.
Around here, there is more than routine interest...
The Florida-Delaware Covid comparison
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Gov. John Carney has been coming under increasing fire by the state's small business community for lingering Covid-19 restrictions.
The latest to chime in...
Will E-ZPass transponders go the way of 8 tracks?
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An otherwise routine story on the Uproad toll app illustrates the technology gap in transportation.
Uproad has quietly rolled out the technology as an...
Banking on AstraZeneca’s vaccine
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I always considered AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to be, in the words of a tired coronavirus cliche, a "game-changer."
Looking back, I may have been...
Infrastructure bill more than planes, trains and autos
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There's a lot to like and dislike in the Biden-Harris Administration's infrastructure bill.
In the coming days, weeks, and months, you will hear sometimes...
The Rocks return
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After a year in the Covid world and on Philllies' opening day, I am determined not to take as many things for granted.
One...
Vaccine expansion good news for employers, if guys step up and get shots
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The business community got some good news yesterday when the Carney Administration set an April 6 date to make everyone age 16 and...
Food & Water Watch on wrong side of history in opposing biogas...
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One thing government bodies do from time to time is "kick the can down the road" on a tough issue.
Such was the...
