Healthcare in Delaware can be improved By C.D. Casscells, MD   (pictured) Director of the Center for Health Policy (Originally published on Sunday, December 12, 2021 by Delaware State News.)     For multiple decades the people of Delaware have had limited access to healthcare at an expensive cost , with quality outcomes below the national average. According to a 2019 Health Affairs article published by former secretary of health and social services for the state of Delaware,

As documented by the Caesar Rodney Institute using U.S. Department of Justice data on convictions of state and local public officials, corruption is a growing problem in Delaware. The historical and research evidence is clear that corruption undermines economic growth. The Governor through an executive order and the legislature through a recent bill have taken a huge step forward to reducing government corruption in the First State. The simplest and most effective way to red

Multistate carbon tax scheme on gasoline collapses By David T. Stevenson Director of the Center for Energy & Environmental Policy November 19, 2021     A dozen states have been considering a tax on carbon dioxide emissions from gasoline and diesel fuel, starting at about 10 cents a gallon and rising to perhaps 40 cents over time. The idea was higher prices would discourage driving, and the revenue would be used to promote electric vehicles (EV) and public transportation. Last

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The Beat Goes On Delawareans per capita incomes trend continues the nine-year record of being lower than the national average   by  Charlie Copeland , Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending October 12, 2021     The following is an update on the data release that CRI issued on July 2, 2020. CRI, periodically, will continue to update releases like this to demonstrate with data whether Delaware's economy has started to improve in overall term

100% Wind and Solar. 100% WRONG   By  David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy October 8, 2021       Proposed legislation nationally and in some states would establish a requirement 100% of electricity be generated from "renewable" sources such as wind and solar power. This policy will lead to unacceptable electric price increases and blackouts.  Virginia approved such a plan, and now we have solid evidence of the impacts on electric rates we can

Center for Energy & Environmental Policy To read the document, please download the pdf below. (Authors note: Since this was written Dominion cut building a $620 million natural gas plant from the plan but added $2 billion in the cost estimate for offshore wind so this analysis may underestimate costs – 1/12/2022. Updated 1/31/2022)

Congestion in Sussex County Co-authored by: Dr. John Stapleford, Co-Director, Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending and John Toedtman, Executive Director Released: October 1, 2021     In Memoriam: this report was co-authored by our long-time Senior Economist and co-founder of CRI, friend and colleague, Dr. John Stapleford who sadly passed away soon after this analysis was completed. Today (October 1 st ) would have been John's 75 th  birthday and we

The "Success Sequence" offers a long-term solution to Delaware violence   by  Charlie Copeland , Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending September 27, 2021     Delaware policymakers have promoted policies for years that have led to the breakdown of civil order in several communities in our State. These policies have promoted a sequence of "failure behaviors" that have led directly to the violence and poverty we see. If we really want to bui