Live free, but not in Delaware By David T. Stevenson, CRI Policy Director 9/4/2018   Delaware ranks 43 rd in the new Cato Institute, “Freedom in the Fifty States”.  That is probably too generous.   The Cato report highlights several policy issues including: Move education spending from the state to local responsibility Liberalize insurance laws to encourage competition Limit civil asset forfeiture laws to protect citizens from police abuse   We agree these issues are importan

Laid lays out the facts about Bloom Energy in the Washington Times. Links Click here for audio link Share

By Clint Laird and Paul Driessen  - - Thursday, July 19, 2018 (Originally published by The Washington Times) ANALYSIS/OPINION: Bloom Energy  plans to go public on the New York Stock Exchange in late July. For a green energy start-up backed by the big Silicon Valley venture firm  Kleiner Perkins  Caulfield & Byers,  Bloom  has had a bumpy 16 years reaching this milestone. The financial and energy media have covered  Bloom ’s self-inflicted controversies, which are hardly over.

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With a budget battle about to begin, what does the data suggest as the direction Delaware should take?   Let’s start with a quick look back and compare the year 2005 to the year 2015.   Since 2005 Delaware has added a total of 12,000 jobs. This is an employment growth rate of three-tenths of a percent per year (0.3 percent). The unemployment rate has risen from 4.1 percent to 4.8 percent and the percent of the adult population participating in the labor force has dropped from

The state is moving forward on a Delaware Health Care Innovation Plan that to implement will involve a one time outlay of $160 million and $190 million annually for 10 years. The major components of the plan will include a health information exchange, a "holistic" approach to work force development, and a new Delaware Center for Health Care Innovation. A major justification for this government intervention is that Delaware spends almost 25% more than the national average on h

There is a general consensus that health care needs to be accessible, high quality and less costly. Improving the general health of all Delawareans is also an important goal. The way to reduce costs while maintaining or improving quality is to raise productivity. Economic theory shows that the best way to do that is to incentivize problem-solving, cost-cutting, innovative behavior by those closest to the problem: the patients and their doctors. Yet the plan outlined in Choose

If you live in Delaware and pay for health insurance, you will be paying hundreds or thousands of dollars more once 2016 arrives. Health premiums are set to rise by leaps and bounds next year, meaning less money in your pocket. Because CRI is committed to informing citizens about the impacts of the decisions the government makes, we took a look to see how the proposed rate rises are really going to affect you.   There are essentially two companies that provide health insuranc

Originally published December 8, 2015, at delawareonline.com and December 9 in The News Journal. The Indian River Power Plant in Millsboro is in the cross hairs for closure. NRG Corporation invested $360 million in air pollution control technology a few years ago and it is now tied for the cleanest burning coal plant in the country. NRG also closed three smaller generation units, reduced cooling water intake, and spent money capping a coal ash storage area. Despite these eff

This article first appeared at Delawareonline.com on November 18, 2015 , and in the News Journal November 19, 2015. As noted by The News Journal, a recent report by the Center for Public Integrity and Global integrity rated Delaware State Government as 48 th among the states in accountability and transparency.   On the face of it, this sounds like Delaware public officials might be trying to hide something. Perhaps, however, Delaware public officials exercise a level of int