My recent post recounting the talk of Dr. Vince Schaller (Medical Director of Hockessin Walk-in in Lantana Square) about what's happening due to the failure of Insurance Commissioner Karin Weldin Stewart to rein in insurance companies...Show More Summary
Delaware law and Equity Holders Agreement both stand in the way of Dish's bid for Clearwire, claims Sprint While it has publicly voiced its opposition to Dish's attempt to purchase a large portion of Clearwire, Sprint is taking things to the next level today by filing a lawsuit against the two companies to stop the deal once and for all. Show More Summary
Sprint today filed a lawsuit against Dish Networks and Clearwire in Delaware that aims to prevent Clearwire from acting on Dish's tender offer for Clearwire. Last week, the special action committee evaluating Dish's proposal for Clearwire recommended that the board accept Dish's offer rather than Sprint's. Show More Summary
Sprint has filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Clearwire and Dish, claiming their pending nuptials violate state laws and the company's shareholder agreements.
Sprint Files Lawsuit Against DISH Network Corporation and Clearwire Corporation Citing the Illegality of the DISH Tender Offer for Clearwire If Completed, Tender Offer Would Violate Delaware Corporate Law, Sprint's Bargained-For Rights...Show More Summary
OHIO: "A woman who was sexually assaulted by a youth pastor when she was 15 years old has filed a lawsuit against the church that employed the pastor.... The victim and her father filed the lawsuit against Delaware Grace Brethren Church. Show More Summary
This is good news, at least on a symbolic level:
The senior senator from Delaware will become the 51st sponsor of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Washington Blade has learned.
In response to a Washington Blade inquiry, the office of Sen. Show More Summary
Today in U.S. Naval history - June 17 1833 - USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, Va., the first warship to enter a public drydock in
Delaware is a high-spending state on K-12 public education, delivering $12,685 per-pupil in 2010-11, but growth in expenditures trailed the national average over a five-year period. Per-pupil spending in the U.S. grew by 15.6 percent between 2006 and 2011, but only 9 percent in Delaware. Enrollment increased by 4.8 percent, but the teacher workforce swelled [...]
Delaware Governor Jack Markell recently proposed a one cent increase in the state’s gasoline tax. The state currently levies a 23 cent tax on each gallon of gas—one of the lowest in the Northeast region. Governor Markell argues that the increased revenue will help fund road maintenance and improvements at state parks and waterways. Show More Summary
Though still in its infancy to a degree,V2G technology is being tested widely in both the private and public sectors. For example, the University of Delaware and NRG Energy began work in September 2011 to commercialize V2G technology, and in February last year its V2G system became what’s known as an “official participant” with PJM Interconnection Continue reading ?
Of his program that awards fitness centers to schools around the nation (and which just award three in Delaware), Jake Steinfeld says: “Our basic theory is that our teachers are awesome,” Steinfeld said. “To burden them with more programs or paperwork isn’t the right way to go about this. Show More Summary
... and nobody really cares--least of all the Democratic Party.I read today's front-page story in the News Journal about Governor Markell using private legal counsel to evade environmental restrictions involving the Delaware City refinery,...Show More Summary
Today's article on Governor Jack Markell's quick backtracking from his own last-minute proposal to raise an additional $80 million in taxes is simply a sign of the extent to which one-party rule in Delaware is complimented by one-newspaper production.Regular readers know I am not a fan of the DE GOP, but this is ridiculous. Show More Summary
The Libertarian Party of Delaware needs you to contribute a few bucks each month to help build a legitimate opposition party in the State of Delaware.Even if you aren't a Libertarian, here's why you should consider going HERE to contribute>We...Show More Summary
Get on the Bus! New Service from NYC to Rehoboth
Skip the rental car and hop on a new (nearly) direct bus from Manhattan to Delaware's beach paradise.
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Today's dead tree edition had a brief pictorial on the protest of Delaware midwives regarding legislative attempts to effectively kill the practice of home birth in our state.Unfortunately, you cannot find the article on the Delaware...Show More Summary
Some of you may remember that in last year's candidate debate for US House and US Senate at the University of Delaware that Ralph Begleiter demanded and got the arrest of several members of the Green Party who were protesting the exclusion...Show More Summary
Microbes are living more than 500 feet beneath the seafloor in 5 million-year-old sediment, according to new findings by researchers at the University of Delaware and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). read more
VP Joe Biden and the NSA once had a “disconnect” when it came to electronic information monitoring. As a US Senator from Delaware, Biden was not a fan of the NSA secret surveillance program that has been more fully revealed by whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden who is currently hiding out in Hong Kong. In fact, both [...]Show More Summary