Over the past five fiscal years the operating budget of the Delaware Department of Transportation (DELDOT) has grown 18% while inflation rose 7%. So, DELDOT has been living large, yet the winners and losers inside the Department are curious. The big winner with a 45% budget increase over th...
Read MoreDelaware’s export patterns indicate that Delaware’s economy, as with the rest of the nation, is increasingly reliant on the production of technologically sophisticated products, such as pharmaceuticals. Delaware’s potential for job growth depends upon its ability to provide hi...
Read MoreIs a $2.4 million grant to CIGNA an appropriate use of state funds?
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Thanks to no sales tax and low property taxes, Delaware has a competitive business tax climate.
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Over time increases in Delawares state and local government tax burden reduces the growth of total employment in the First State.
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Regardless of what happens in coming months in the national economy, Delaware will avoid a double dip.
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The latest Fraser Institute ranking places Delaware number one among the states in economic freedom.
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The Daliy Beast reports that Delaware is over the top on state government debt.
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For a number of years the state of Delaware has using capital funds to cover operating costs.
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The passage of New Castle County’s 1998 Uniform Development Code (UDC) swiftly halted—and continues to harm-- economic growth and development. Within just a few years employment in the County had flat-lined, more people were moving out of NCC than were moving in, residential permits shru...
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