Dear Governor Carney,   One of the true joys of visiting the ocean is the chance to stare out on a crystal clear day and let the mind wander to the mysteries that lie over the horizon, and to enjoy the pure beauty.  It is rejuvenating.  Have you ever watched with wonder as the moon rises over the ocean?  Politicians in Washington and Maryland have decided to take that view away on Delaware beaches, and to fill the night sky with red flashing aircraft warning lights 1 .  In a

Dear Governor Carney,   One of the true joys of visiting the ocean is the chance to stare out on a crystal clear day and let the mind wander to the mysteries that lie over the horizon, and to enjoy the pure beauty.  It is rejuvenating.  Have you ever watched with wonder as the moon rises over the ocean?  Politicians in Washington and Maryland have decided to take that view away on Delaware beaches, and to fill the night sky with red flashing aircraft warning lights 1 .  In a

Delaware Public Education: A Proposal Dr. John E. Stapleford, Director | 10/24/2019 CRI believes that the first substantive step in approaching any public policy issue is gathering unbiased data. Data, while never perfect, moves away from rhetoric and anecdotes. Data tells us where we are so that we can measure future success or failure.   The Delaware Department of Public Education is to be congratulated and commended for the detailed measures of performance it now provides

Center for Energy Competitiveness

Center for Energy Competitiveness Executive Summary:   The stage for action on energy policy is shifting from the federal level to the states.  Significant de-regulation has occurred under President Trump.  The EPA is no longer driving closure of coal-fired power plants, federal lands have been opened for exploration and production of fossil fuels, methane rules have been relaxed, it is getting easier to build pipelines and export facilities, CAFE Standards will likely be red

Industrial size wind power is running into opposition David T. Stevenson, Director, Center for Energy Competitiveness DATE : 8/21/2019    Utility scale wind power projects are facing a number of obstacles.  The extreme cases are in European countries that have been leaders in such projects, but resistance is also growing in the U.S.  Concerns revolve around bird and bat fatalities, noise, health, and visual blight.  Also, on three different occasions federal Production Tax Cr

This memorandum is a discussion about the Certificate of Need (CON) process in the State of Delaware... Please download pdf file to read full report.

RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis RE: Raising the Delaware Minimum Wage DATE:  6/14/19   (image source:  timeequipment.com )   Senate Bill 105 is under review by the Delaware Senate Finance Committee. It would raise the State’s minimum wage from the mandated $9.25 per hour (as of October 1, 2019) to $11.00 per hour as of January 1, 2020. The minimum wage would then increase $1 per year until 2024, and thereafter be subject to a cost of living adjustment.

RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis RE: More trouble ahead for State employees DATE:  6/7/19   According to the Boomershine Consulting Group the long bull market has failed to fix public pensions. The simple truth is that the sums owed to retirees are accelerating faster than assets on hand to pay those future obligations. Liabilities of major U.S. public pensions are up 64% since 2007 while assets are up 30%.   Return on pension fund assets were slowed by

RELEASE: CRI - Center for Economic Policy and Analysis   RE: Eliminate the health care CON in Delaware   DATE:  5/16/19     In 1974, Congress passed the National Health Planning and Resources Development Act, which made certain Federal funding conditional upon states implementation of Certificate of Need (CON) laws. These laws require those who wish to open new healthcare facilities, expand existing facilities, or even purchase new equipment to obtain state regulator permissi