Overall, Delaware has the 14 th best 2015 business tax climate according to the Tax Foundation. Even more important, as jobs are far more likely to move between contiguous states, Delaware’s tax climate is far better than surrounding states in the region ( see the tabe available in the download link below ). Delaware’s high ranking is due primarily to the absence of a sales tax and consistently low property taxes. Compared to sales tax rates of 6% in Maryland and Pennsylvani

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Caesar Rodney Institute, I am delighted to announce that Dr. John E. Stapleford has been appointed as President of CRI. As many of you know, in addition to his career as an economist on the faculty at the University of Delaware and with Moody's, John was one of the founders of CRI, has served on the CRI Board, as the Director of CRI's Center for Economic Policy Analysis and, most recently, on CRI's Advisory Council.  As President of

Liberty Foundation of Oklahoma ( http://libertyfound.org/ ) today released data on the labor force participation rates from 1999 through 2013 for all states. The trends in Delaware are disturbing (click on the link below for the depressing statistics).   The participation in the labor force by Delaware residents has been on a long downward spiral. Using the last 10 years of complete data (2002-12) Delawares total labor force participation rate has fallen 5.8%.   Reflecting th

Georgetown- The changes DNREC proposed under then-Secretary Colin O'Mara, also a named defendant, would substantially increase electric bills in Delaware. The Judge held that the Plaintiffs, led by the David T. Stevenson, the Caesar Rodney Institute's Policy Director of the Center for  Energy Competitiveness, possess standing to continue their lawsuit against DNREC  and O'Mara. The plaintiffs allege that  DNREC, under O'Mara's leadership, raised electric rates for Delaware ra

A new study says Delaware can benefit from offshore drilling with minimal environmental impact, WILMINGTON- A new study by Dr. Timothy Considine, Distinguished Professor of Energy Economics, in conjunction with the Interstate Policy Alliance, published on the merits of offshore drilling should act as a conversation starter about drilling for oil and gas off the Atlantic coast. The U.S. Department of Interior is considering offering lease sales off the Atlantic seaboard for oi

Contact: Samuel Friedman Communications Director (302) 273-0080 sam@caesarrodney.org   Poll Headlines National Employee Freedom Week’s Grassroots Campaign to Educate Union Employees about their Rights   Newark- Eighty-two percent of Delawareans support allowing union employees to leave their union without force or penalty, a concept generally referred to as right-to-work. That's the finding of a new poll, released today by the Caesar Rodney Institute as part of National Emplo

A recent report from the Mercatus Center uses fourteen metrics to assess whether states can meet their short-term bills and long-term obligations. Delaware is poorly positioned with regards to its long-term obligations.   The analysis in the report is based upon FY 2013 data from the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) produced uniformly by every state according to criterion mandated by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board.   All the CAFR financial statements

In a May 2012 report the Institute for Justice ranked all the states with regards to barriers to entry to low- and moderate-income occupations. Delaware had the 42 nd most burdensome licensing laws and was the 25 th most extensively and onerously licensed state. The report documents the license requirements for 102 low- and moderate-income occupations—such as barber, massage therapist and preschool teacher—across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.   It finds that o