Dover - Delaware Secretary of Transportation Shanté Hastings and Secretary of Agriculture Don Clifton announced temporary relief for agricultural and forestry haulers impacted by the current global diesel fuel supply emergency, resulting in record-high prices. As agricultural and forestry vehicles may travel between Maryland and Delaware, Secretary Hastings announced that Delaware enforcement agents will honor Maryland's temporary waiver, allowing qualifying agricultural an

October 13, 2026 Delaware Senate Republicans Senators Dave Wilson and Bryant Richardson took part in the ribbon cutting and tour of Delaware Tech’s new Seaford Innovation Center alongside Representative Danny Short, former Governor and current Wilmington Mayor John Carney, and leaders from Seaford and Delaware Tech. Located at the former Nylon Capital Shopping Center, this new facility is another great example of the revitalization taking place in Seaford. By expanding access

October 22, 2026 38th District and Southern Delaware Republican Club It's the first day of early voting, and the initial numbers in the 38th show registered Democrats leading Republicans in both absentee and early in-person voting, despite Republicans having more than 4,000 additional registered voters in the 38th District. Here's where things stand according to today's Election Voted List in the 38th: What Stands Out? First, in the 38th, Republicans have a registration adva

The League of Women Voters conducted a series of Candidate Forums in Sussex County. The last forum was conducted on October 22. All LWV states that the 2026 Sussex Forums recorded forums will be available until Nov 3 on their site. Here's the link ------------------------------------------- Thursday, September 24 JOHN RIELEY, SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5 Deadline to submit questions has passed. Tuesday, September 29 DOUG HUDSON, SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4 Clic

October 17, 2026 State of Delaware, House Republican Caucus Click for the video The Woodland Ferry, which carries vehicles and passengers across 460 feet of the Nanticoke River southwest of Seaford, dates back to Colonial times, but a state task force is considering options that could threaten its future viability. Established by Executive Order No. 14, the Delaware Task Force on Sustainable Transportation Funding is weighing a wide range of options to reform the state's Tran

State of Delaware, House Republican Caucus BY State Rep. Jeff Hilovsky OPINION BY State Rep. Jeff Hilovsky I recently traveled to New Jersey to meet with Rowan University Chancellor Dr. Tony Lowman and the Dreamscape Learn Team. Dreamscape Learn is an Extended Reality (Virtual Reality) experience that builds interest, sparks curiosity, increases participation and attendance, and directly involves students in the learning process by immersing them in a 3D virtual reality envi

October 14, 2026 By Dr. Michelle Parsons | Caesar Rodney Institute One Delaware homeowner challenged the state's approval process for a controversial offshore wind project, and won a significant victory for government accountability. Edward Bintz, a coastal Sussex County homeowner, took on the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) after questioning whether the agency had followed its own regulations when reviewing the US Wind offshore wind

October 12, 2026 38th District Southern Delaware Republican Club Delaware's fight over the proposed US Wind offshore wind project continues Tuesday, October 13, at 9 a.m., when the state's Environmental Appeals Board hears another challenge to DNREC's handling of the project. Residents can attend in person in Dover or watch online, see links below. The hearing comes just one week after US Wind abandoned its planned steel manufacturing facility at Sparrows Point, Maryland, r

October 10, 2026 State of Delaware, House Republican Caucus ZOMBIES IN THE HALL A CONTINUING FEATURE ON BILLS THAT DIED IN THE 153RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY...BUT MAY RISE AGAIN. Bill Making Schools Significantly More Expensive to Build and Renovate Likely to Return On the last night of this year's legislative session, Delawareans were close to getting saddled with significantly higher costs for school construction, renovations, and repairs. Senate Bill 272 would have required "proj

October 10, 2026 State of Delaware, House Republican Caucus Earlier this week, Governor Matt Meyer ceremonially signed Senate Substitute 2 for Senate Bill 23, disputed legislation that passed both chambers of the General Assembly on a contested vote. The event was staged to highlight the measure, which had been signed into law nearly three months earlier. Also known as the Housing for Every Delawarean Act, the new law, sponsored by Sen. Russ Huxtable (D-Milton, Dewey Beach) a

October 2, 2026 Marilyn Booker, President Sussex County Republican Women's Club Greetings, SCRWC Members and Associates, Only half of Delaware Republicans vote in an off-year election. That turnout costs us seats we should be winning. If 7 of 10 of us had voted in 2022, Republicans would have won House Districts 20 and 27, and b oth seats have Republican candidates on the ballot this November. Most of the Republicans who stay home aren't against us. They're busy, they don't t

October 2, 2026 State Senator Brian Pettyjohn On Monday, the Philadelphia 76ers announced a multi-year partnership and jersey patch deal with Bloom Energy. Good for the Sixers. NBA jersey patches don't come cheap, and Bloom obviously has the money to spend on one. Here's my problem with it. Every Delmarva Power customer in Delaware is still paying a charge on their electric bill that goes to Bloom Energy. It's been there since 2012, and under the deal Delaware signed, it stay

October 2, 2026 State of Delaware, House Republican Caucus Governor Matt Meyer ceremonially signed legislation on Wednesday establishing Delaware’s first entertainment production tax credit. House Bill 364 (as amended) created the new benefit to encourage media production activity in the First State. "I’m excited about the new opportunities it will create for Delawareans, especially our creatives, our young people, and our small businesses," said State Rep. Kerri Evelyn Harri

September 30, 2026 Katie Tabeling, Delaware Business Times WILMINGTON – Republican State Representative Michael F. Smith, who represents Pike Creek Valley, Newark and parts of Hockessin in the Delaware General Assembly, will be the next president of the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. He will succeed Michael Quaranta who retires from the position after eight years of service in mid-December. There will be a transition period, though Smith said on Wednesday he has not met

September 29, 2026 State Rep. Jeff Spiegelman and State Sen. Brian Pettyjohn Pledge Corrective Measure in the Upcoming General Assembly A Delaware Supreme Court ruling earlier this month on a four-year-old state law, combined with recently enacted legislation, has created an odd situation in which some young adults will require a greater degree of supervision than teenagers. The seeds of this dysfunction began with the enactment of a 2022 state law (House Bill 451) changing t

September 30, 2026 Delaware Senate Republicans For decades, Delaware has devoted significant attention and resources to public education. Governors have launched initiatives. The General Assembly has passed new programs and requirements. Taxpayers have continued to fund the system. Yet the most important question is much simpler: Are Delaware students getting the education they deserve? The latest numbers give us plenty of reason for concern. According to the Delaware Departm

September 30, 2026 State Rep. Jeff Hilovsky NEWS & OPINION: We Refused the Simple Answers, So Our Community Got the Water Testing It Deserved When families in Oak Orchard, Long Neck, Angola, and northeast Millsboro asked whether their drinking water was safe, some were told the culprit was nitrates. That simple answer was never going to be enough. Private wells are not regulated like public water systems. Some complained of illnesses that their medical history couldn't explai

September 28, 2026 Fellow Patriots, Now that the smoke has cleared and the primary election is in the rear view mirror, I want to address a few things. First and foremost, I want to thank every person who stepped outside of their normal routine to run for an office, whether you received the most votes or not. Thank you for investing your valuable time, your hard-earned money, and countless hours of effort to pursue an elected position and make a difference in our community.

September 28, 2026 Olivia Marble, Spotlight Delaware For decades, Sussex County officials have eyed increased density in developments as a solution to sprawl. Now a new state traffic law may be forcing the issue. | SPOTLIGHT DELAWARE PHOTO BY OLIVIA MARBLE Why Should Delaware Care? Housing costs are rising in Delaware, leading to strained budgets, longer commutes and an increase in the homeless population. Part of a new law increases minimum housing density to address this is

September 28, 2026 Michelle Parsons, M.D., CRI Board Chair, Caesar Rodney Institute Tell Us What You Think Delaware’s coast belongs to all of us. Should major offshore wind projects move forward without meaningful public review, local input, and protections for Delaware taxpayers?DNREC says US Wind’s offshore wind cables will not affect the beach or dunes at 3R’s Beach. One of DNREC’s own permits suggests the agency was not always so certain. On Tuesday, September 29, the Cae