March 27, 2026 DOVER, DE – On Thursday, the Delaware State Senate passed Senate Bill 236 , legislation sponsored by Senator Dave Lawson (R-Marydel) to improve access to important medical and genetic information for donor-conceived individuals and their families. SB 236 allows individuals conceived through donation, along with their families and medical providers, have access to accurate and up-to-date health history information that can be critical in diagnosing and treating

March 26, 2026 Delaware State Senate, Republican Caucus DOVER, DE — Legislation sponsored by Senator Dave Wilson (R-Lincoln) to strengthen penalties for damaging emergency response vehicles has cleared the Delaware State Senate and now heads to the House for consideration. Senate Bill 232 (SB 232) updates Delaware’s criminal mischief statute by establishing a Class F felony when an individual intentionally damages an authorized emergency vehicle such as fire apparatus, an a

March 26, 2026 Delaware State Senate, Republican Caucus DOVER, DE — Legislation sponsored by Senate Republican Whip Brian Pettyjohn (R-Georgetown) to modernize Delaware’s psychology licensing laws and expand access to mental health services has cleared the Delaware Senate and now heads to the House for consideration. Senate Substitute 1 to Senate Bill 208 (SB 208) establishes a regulated licensure pathway for master’s-level psychology clinicians, helping to address ongoing

March 26, 2026 Delaware State Senate and House of Representatives - Republican Caucus Two bills were released in the Delaware General Assembly today aiming to support Delaware educators and improve classroom environments across the state. The package, which includes the “Educator and Education Staff Bill of Rights” and the “We’ve Got Your Back Act,” are sponsored by State Rep. Michael Smith (R-Pike Creek Valley) and State Sen. Eric Buckson (R-Dover South) . “We cannot lose

March 23, 2026 Delaware Healthcare Association Delaware hospitals are No. 1 in the U.S. in quality because healthcare experts work together. But opponents are risking our health care. Again. Their new plan, Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Sen. Bryan Townsend (D) will increase costs and cut access. It will: Remove experts from making decisions on healthcare services and costs. Cut $413 million in healthcare services for Delaware hospitals. Risk 4,000 jobs . Cutting the healthcar

March 23, 2026 Energy Watch.com The US buys back offshore wind licences from Total Energies, which in return promises to invest an equivalent amount in expanding its US natural gas activities. Donald Trump has found a way to get out of at least two offshore wind projects. The US government has reached an agreement with Total Energies to buy back the French company’s two offshore wind licences off New York and North Carolina for just under USD 1bn. Total Energies announced thi

March 23, 2026 A bill that may hold the promise of improving public health and reducing healthcare costs in Delaware was released by the House Health & Human Development Committee last week. Sponsored by retired medical professional State Rep. Jeff Hilovsky (R-Long Neck, Oak Orchard) , House Bill 305 would provide a framework for a three-year observational study to reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes. Rep. Hilovsky said the study would follow a small, representative

March 24, 2026 Senator Hocker has requested that SB 65 be heard in committee on April 15. SB 65 removes Delaware from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program, ending the carbon credit costs that are built into your electric bill. Through RGGI, Delaware has collected: • $36,900,685 in 2022 • $37,940,266 in 2023 • $57,444,645 in 2024 • $59,646,725 in 2025 We’ve already exceeded our emissions goals, yet costs keep going up. It’s time for relief. Ending RGGI means lower en

March 23, 2026 State Rep. Jeff Hilovsky is featured in a national publication sponsored by the Council for Economic Education ( councilforeconed.org ). The 2026 Survey of the States dedicated an entire page to Rep. Hilovsky's successful effort to make financial literacy education part of Delaware's high school graduation requirements. As detailed in the profile, the education mandated by Rep. Hilovsky's House Bill 203 for all public school students is estimated to provide

March 21, 2026 Delaware House Republican Caucus "Delaware is growing fast, getting older, and our healthcare system is already behind," said State Rep. Bryan Shupe , the prime sponsor of House Bill 318 . The measure seeks to remove the requirement that hospitals secure government permission to expand, purchase equipment, or build new facilities. Healthcare organizations considering a significant project must currently submit a "letter of intent" to the Delaware Health R

March 21, 2026 Delaware House Republican Caucus Since 2018, when Delaware broke its long-standing ban on fireworks, a wide variety of pyrotechnics have been sold at dozens of stores and pop-up outdoor locations throughout the state. However, many of the products being purchased violate state law. A bill ( House Bill 63, as amended ) passed by the State House of Representatives earlier this week aims to address confusion over the state's nebulous fireworks law. Under the D

March 20, 2026 Gene Truono, Chairman of the Delaware Republican Party Democrats’ month-long refusal to fund the Department of Homeland Security has crossed from partisan games into outright endangerment of American lives. This week, an Alaska Airlines passenger jet was forced into a terrifying emergency “go-around” at Newark Liberty International Airport after air traffic controllers — already stretched thin by chronic understaffing and federal dysfunction — cleared a FedEx c

March 19, 2026 The founder of the Bryan Allen Stevenson School is the current State Representative for the 20th District, Democrat, Alonna Berry. The following is from Sean Curtis, WBOC GEORGETOWN, Del. - The Delaware State Board of Education has voted to revoke the Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence’s charter, all but guaranteeing the school will now close at the end of the 2025-26 school year. BASSE first opened in 2024 and was placed under formal review twice by t

March 19 , 2026 WDEL.com State Rep. Bryan Shupe House Bill 317 was introduced March 17, aiming to tighten oversight of Delaware’s automatic voter registration system through audits and ongoing eligibility checks. Sponsored by Milford Rep. Shupe (R -District 36), the legislation would require the Department of Elections to work with the Division of Motor Vehicles and other state agencies to review voter registrations created through the automatic system since 2021. The prop

March 18, 2026 Bay to Bay News State Rep. Bryan Shupe (R-District 36) Delaware is growing fast, getting older, and our healthcare system is already behind. HB 318 removes the requirement that hospitals must ask the government for permission to expand, add beds, purchase equipment, or build new facilities. As reported by Delaware State News, Rep. Shupe said: “Within the certificate of review, it talks about how a health care facility — if they want to increase the number of be

March 18, 2026 State Rep. Bryan Shupe House Bill 315 has taken an important step forward in the legislative process. The bill will soon be considered by the full Delaware House of Representatives, where lawmakers will have the opportunity to review and vote on the measure. HB 315 addresses an issue many restaurant owners and service workers have raised for years. When a customer leaves a tip on a credit card, the credit card company still charges its processing fee on the ent

March 17, 2026 Delaware Healthcare Association We need to make healthcare in Delaware better, not worse. Tell your elected officials to say “NO” to Senate Bill 1 . Senate Bill 1, sponsored by Senator Bryan Townsend, is not a primary care bill. It poses a threat to healthcare access, quality and our healthcare workforce, and it will harm primary care access in our state. Senate Bill 1 revives some of the same bad ideas from HB 350 – ideas that thousands of Delawareans already

March, 17, 2026 The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has announced Delaware’s statewide deer harvest totals for the 2025-‘26 hunting season as the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife launches a new interactive Game Harvest Dashboard that encourages deer hunters and the public to explore the state’s big game animal data in greater detail. During the recent season, Delaware hunters harvested 16,746 deer, including 11,907 antlerless deer and 4,839 antl

March 14, 2026 On a split vote, a bill cleared the House of Representatives on Thursday that would allow adults too young to drink alcoholic beverages to be able to mix and serve them. House Bill 195 would lower the age at which someone could work as a bartender from 21 to 18 years old, while maintaining the legal threshold age to consume alcohol at 21. Under the bill, adults between the ages of 18 and 21 working as bartenders would be required to be directly supervised

March 14, 2026 About 11 months ago, Governor Matt Meyer stated that he did not support the implementation of the zero emissions vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. However, the regulation remains in the state's Administrative Code, leading to questions about its current status and implications for the future. Under the regulation, vehicle manufacturers were required to adhere to an annual schedule increa