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What the new federal energy report means for you
What the new federal energy report means for you By David T. Stevenson , Director Center for Energy & Environmental Policy April 17, 2025 The U.S. Department of Energy has released its 2025 Annual Energy Outlook . The report is based entirely on the Biden administration's energy plan. The good news? These assumptions likely won't hold under President Trump's revised energy policies. But here's what the report says will happen by 2050 if those policies stay in place:
David T. Stevenson
Nov 26, 2024
What The New Federal Energy Report Means For You
The U.S. Department of Energy has released its 2025 Annual Energy Outlook. The report is based entirely on the Biden administration's energy plan. The good news? These assumptions likely won't hold under President Trump's revised energy policies...
David T. Stevenson
Nov 26, 2024
House Bill 91: Expanded Powers for AG is "Offensive to Public Policy"
House Bill 91: Expanded Powers for AG is "Offensive to Public Policy" By Charlie Copeland Center for Analysis of Delaware's Economy & Government Spending ( 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.) The Attorney General (AG) o
Charlie Copeland
Nov 26, 2024
The Gathering Storm
The Gathering Storm by John Stapleford Recent Federal data reveals that Delaware now ranks 5 th among all the states in the percent of births to unmarried mothers. Nearly 46% of Delaware births during 2006 were to unwed mothers, including 32% of births among whites, 62% among Hispanic and 72% among blacks. This portends trouble down the road. Despite the Murphy Brown myth, the research literature is clear. While not inevitable, children raised in single-pa
Dr. John E. Stapleford
Nov 26, 2024
Have a Coke and a Tax
Have a Coke and a Tax by Veronique de Rugy Published at Reason.com , 12/14/09 "With the federal deficit reaching $1.4 trillion and most state budgets deep in the red, policy makers are desperately searching for new sources of revenue that the tapped-out American public might support. They think they’ve found one at the corner store: a tax on carbonated beverages. Charging a few more cents for a soft drink, legislators claim, will not only refresh exhausted state and federal
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
Individual Liberty vs. Government Authority
Individual Liberty vs. Government Authority By Richard Spencer, Ph.D. While teaching graduate level Economics in Delaware during the 90s, I used The Road to Serfdom by F.A. Hayekas a required secondary reading. Hayek was the 1974 Nobel Prize winner in Economics and a proponent of the Austrian school that free markets enhance mankind’s liberty. Every week my students were to write a one-page summary of each chapter, and to report about personal discussions they had with ot
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
The Time is Now to make Delaware a Right to Work State
The Time is Now to make Delaware a Right to Work State It happens like clockwork. A bill to make Delaware a right to work state has been introduced regularly in recent years. Given the economic climate, the need for jobs, and the competitive nature of finding and incubating new and existing businesses, the time is right for Delaware to seriously consider becoming a right to work state. The closest right to work legislation has come to becoming law in Delaware in recent
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
Delawares Economic Climate
How does Delaware compare to other mid-Atlantic states in various economic indicators?
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
Due Diligence
When graduating high school students apply for college, they spend a great deal of time researching where they would like to go and deciding where to apply. They research schools, visit campuses and give serious consideration to factors such as cost, social environment, location, academics, etc… They do this BEFORE applications are due. In looking ahead to 2010, it would be wise for Delaware policymakers to act now through research and planning so that they can make sound dec
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
Foundation of Delawares Economy
Delaware is very close to if not already beyond the point of no return regarding manufacturing, financial and agricultural jobs. It is almost entirely the fault of the General Assembly, the Governor’s cabinet and the Governor. (The greater Northeast also has the same anti-manufacturing viewpoint and has contributed to the job losses.) I was part of this loss of jobs. My employer shut down operations at a manufacturing facility November 14, 2005 due to high costs (electrici
CRI
Nov 26, 2024
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