This Is The Delaware Way

• Philosophizing & Politician Speak

  Episode Notes We get through most of the notable bills being heard on the House and Senate floor on Tuesday June 24th in 15 minutes. Then we get into it with a recap of the lead paint remediation bill's committee hearing, in preparation for it being heard on the House floor on Tuesday as well. After some light philosophizing, we lightly laugh at a Senator's spin of one of his bills. To submit corrections or questions, email: [email protected] Note: the sound quality is a bit off, I apologize. This will tighten up! Session is almost over, and then episodes will be more planned out for a while. The rest of the summer into the fall will be a series of deep dives on different processes, legislators, and of course bills we've seen fall short of passing.

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• Lead Abatement & Dragonflies

  Episode Notes This episode comes with a content warning, as it discusses a bill on educating minors about sexual extortion. The timestamp for that section is 8:24. Enjoy the rapid-fire delivery of most of the bills our state legislature will discuss on Wednesday, June 11th. As we near the end of session, the schedule will become more and more crowded, and there are some big deal bills being heard! Links Speed cameras are not a permanent solution to dangerous streets Well planned street design

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• Consent Agendas & Repeat Players

  Episode Notes We kick off a hectic week by looking at just Tuesday's agendas. You've heard of most of these bills before, but there are a few hot ticket items that might have you wanting to reach out to your legislators. Surprise surprise, we see one of the two school meals bills yet again, and wonder about the timing of how the saga went down. We also look at what's happening with the slate of immigration protection bills.

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• Tax Brackets and Shattered Impressions

  Episode Notes Disappointment abounds in this week's episode, from opening to close. But we start off giving people more info on how a bill gets written, and what qualifications someone needs to run for office (hint: not many). In the middle, we go over the long list of bills the General Assembly worked on the week of May 20th. The GA is now on a break while the Joint Finance Committee finalizes budget decisions, and will be back in session next week. We round out the episode with a personal story from the host that leaves her with more questions than answers about her House Representative. Links Ask questions for the pod! [email protected] Division of Legislative Services Staff House Speaker: Income tax reform may be delayed Babies smacked, slapped, knocked over at Delaware day care, then director lied to parents about state’s investigation Examples of what a bill looks like HB 142 - edits that remove permission for citizen's arrest HB 153 - edits that make citizen's arrest illegal Timestamps (00:00) Intro and outline (4:14) Who actually writes the bills? (14:14) House Speaker speaks on delay of tax bracket bill (24:28) House bills (24:55) Affordable housing through Site Readiness Fund (26:55) Slate of immigration bills (29:59) Increasing vehicle fees (31:43) multi-level marketing schemes (32:10) Creates new crime charge for discharging a firearm in public (35:00) Elimination of citizens’ arrests (36:02) Threshold for automatic election recounts (36:19) Protecting seniors from property reassessments (38:23) Constitutional amendments for voting (39:43) Senate bills (40:06) right to marry (41:29) rape kits monitoring (41:42) Dental usage of general anesthesia & Medicaid dental coverage (43:11) Bills related to evictions of renters (44:18) Reducing property taxes for Low Income households (49:31) Interaction with my House representative (1:02:20) Closing

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• Dramarama and District Maps

  Episode Notes Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Dramarama with the House Speaker and shenanigans 12:40 - How to look up district maps 16:23 - How much time do we have to work on bills? 21:22 - Senate bills this week 21:54 - Changing primary election dates 23:10 - Cell phones in school 24:58 - Collective bargaining 25:18 - Prohibition of polystyrene foam for food containers 26:17 - Protections for car owners with regard to towing 27:10 - Summary of additional bills voted out of Senate committees 33:07 - House bills from this week 33:13 - Low income utility rate 35:19 - Remove some fees in the criminal justice system 35:47 - Legalizing low-speed motorized scooters 34:46 - Summary of additional bills voted out of House committees 42:45 - Closing Links Elections.Delaware.Gov State Rep. Sherae'a Moore removed from House Ed. leadership, calls move 'politically motivated' Breakdown of previous House Speaker Longhurst's redistricting (after she made Delaware City / Fort DuPont community angry)

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