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Will This Government Shutdown Change Your Health Insurance Rates?
The following article is provided by the Caesar Rodney Institute, a Delaware-based, nonprofit 501(c)(3) public policy research organization. It comes from Dr. Christopher Casscells, Director of CRI's Center for Health Policy, who works to help Delawareans understand how federal and state decisions affect access to affordable, high-quality health care.
Will This Government Shutdown Change Your Health Insurance Rates?
By C. D. Casscells, M.D.
Director, Center for Health Policy
Caesar Rodney Institute
October 23, 2025
As the federal shutdown continues, Delaware residents may wonder whether their health-insurance premiums will rise. The short answer
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Yes, Build Small Modular Reactors in Delaware
By David T. Stevenson, Director
Center for Energy & Environmental Policy
September 30, 2025. (updated 9/30/2025)
To determine whether it is wise to build nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) in Delaware, the state's Nuclear Energy Task Force must answer a list of questions. Many of those answers are already clear: we can and should build SMRs in Delaware.
Technical and Logistical Feasibility
In 2023, Dr. Kathryn Huff, then the U.S. Department of Energy's Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, briefed Delaware's Governor's Energy Advisory Council on the administration's push to repurpose close...
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Test Scores Don’t Lie: Delaware’s Literacy and Math Crisis Demands Urgent Reform
Test Scores Don't Lie: Delaware's Literacy and Math Crisis Demands Urgent Reform New test results confirm that Delaware students are still falling behind By Nancy Mercante Founder and president, Citizens for Delaware Schools Caesar Rodney Institute Contributor October 21, 2025 In recent decades, our school system has taken on responsibilities far beyond its original mission of teaching. Schools now provide medical and mental health services, promote social programs through diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, and use "restorative justice" approaches to manage behavior. These ...[read more]
Delaware Policy Choices Caused the Property Tax Problem
Delaware Policy Choices Caused the Property Tax Problem By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy September 24, 2025 The recent property tax reassessment in New Castle County (NCC) has stirred public debate, with homeowners facing higher tax bills while many commercial properties saw their assessments fall. On the surface, this might seem like a quirk of appraisal methodology. However, a deeper examination reveals a more fundamental truth: Delaware and NCC's economic and fiscal policies, including restrictive land-use frameworks, have influenced the relative fortunes of residential and commercial property, thereby shaping the distribution of the ...[read more]
HB 145: A Privacy-Protecting Bill that Reinforces the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age
HB 145: A Privacy-Protecting Bill that Reinforces the Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age By Charlie Copeland Center for Economic & Fiscal Policy July 22, 2025 Although Delaware's regular legislative session ended on June 30, House Bill 145 (HB 145), a privacy-protecting bill, remains active. This is a crucial time for Delawareans to speak up - lawmakers are continuing to review bills, meeting with constituents, and preparing for the next session. It doesn't take a constitutional scholar to recognize the risk of letting government agencies collect data on thousands of innocent people just because someone, somewher...[read more]
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Choose Their Evaluations?
Should Teachers Be Allowed to Choose Their Evaluations? SB 165 weakens teacher accountability just as Delaware students fall further behind By Tanya Hettler, Ph.D. Center for Education Policy July 7, 2025 A bill sponsored by Sen. Laura Sturgeon, Senate Bill 165, titled "An Act to Amend Title 14 of the Delaware Code Relating to Student Improvement Component," has just passed in the Delaware General Assembly. The bill requires the Delaware Department of Education to pilot a new method of teacher evaluation that allows teachers to choose how they are evaluated and considers factors that may negatively affect student performance, s...[read more]