House Bill 91 - Expanded Powers for AG is "Offensive to Public Policy" By  Charlie Copeland , Co-Director Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending March 2, 2021   ( House Bill 91  would add the words “unfair practice,” loosely defined as “offensive to public policy,” to the state’s existing Consumer Fraud Act. This unnecessary change greatly expands the Attorney General's power and opens the door to open-ended damaging litigation to Delaware businesses.

Delaware Beware:  Likely Causes of Texas Electric Grid Blackouts   By  David T. Stevenson Center for Energy & Environmental Policy February 17, 2021 (photo source: Washington Post Video )     Besides Texas, blackouts occurred last year in California, Europe, and Japan, all with wind and solar power making up about 25% of their electric grids.    Delaware just increased its wind and solar mandate from 25% to 40%, and discussions are being held to go to 50%. Beware following th

An Excess of Regulations Smothers Economic Growth Does this regulatory overload harm Delaware's economy?   By  Dr. John Stapleford Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending February 4, 2021   To answer this question, we calculated two measures of the state’s economic performance: the percent change in total employment by state from 2009-19 and the percent change in per capita income by state from 2009-19.   Are the number of words of regulation by state

Will Governor Carney's 2021 Budget finally bring an end to Delaware's failing economy?   By  Charlie Copeland Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending January 31, 2021   A growing economy matters for myriad reasons and, according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Delaware's GDP has not grown for a decade. During this same period, Delaware's worker productivity has seen a 6% decline.   Thanks to better public schools, lower personal and business tax

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Delaware's Clean Energy Future As long as you are moving the goalposts for percent renewable energy let’s do it right   By  D ave Stevenson Center for Energy and Environmental Policy January 11, 2021 (last updated 1/14/2021) The best way to lower carbon dioxide emissions is to let the free market work. US emissions fell 14.4% from 2005 to 2019 primarily by shifting from higher cost, higher emitting coal to lower cost, lower-emitting natural gas.    Existing decade-old renewab

The Stimulus Sugar HIGH By  Dr. John Stapleford Center for Economic Policy and Analysis December 28, 2020 In response to COVID-19, the Federal government enacted the Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation program of the CARES Act. This provided an additional $600 Federal stimulus funds automatically to weekly unemployment benefits received between March 29 and July 25, 2020. As expected, Delawareans acted rationally and left the unemployment rolls when the extra $600 a

DE's Dependence on Federal Transfer Payments Growing By  Dr. John Stapleford Center for Economic Policy and Analysis December 23, 2020 A major component of Delaware's personal income is transfer payments, and the importance of transfer payments in Delaware is growing.   According to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, transfer payments have gone from accounting for 18% up to 21% of Delaware's personal income (17% today throughout the U.S.) over the last ten years. SEE CHART

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Paycheck Protection Program worked for Delaware By  Dr. John Stapleford Center for Economic Policy and Analysis December 11, 2020 Delaware's economy received a substantial boost from the Small Business Administration's Paycheck Protection Program. Over 39% of Delaware’s businesses and nonprofits applied for the PPP loans. This impacted one-third of Delaware’s jobs.   The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was a counter-cycle success in Delaware and a very worthwhile use of pub