Karl Baker

5 days ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Karl Baker

Why Should Delaware Care? Government works best when its citizens are knowledgeable and engaged. Delaware’s government has scores of commissions, working groups, agencies and legislative committees. All must hold meeting that are open to the public. Delaware’s controversial hospital cost review board will hold a public meeting this week. So will power utility regulators who may approve rate increases, and transportation planners who will discuss Delaware’s biggest infrastructure project.

1 week ago | newsfromthestates.com | Karl Baker

With Delaware lawmakers back from a spring recess, legislative hearings are among the most pressing Delaware public meetings scheduled for this week. Legislators will discuss a bill to require transparency from the regional power grid, a controversial plan to build a new legislative parking garage, and proposals to track federal investigators’ potential searches of state immigrant databases.

1 week ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Karl Baker

Why Should Delaware Care? Government works best when its citizens are knowledgeable and engaged. Delaware’s government has scores of commissions, working groups, agencies and legislative committees. All must hold meeting that are open to the public. With Delaware lawmakers back from a spring recess, legislative hearings are among the most pressing Delaware public meetings scheduled for this week.

2 weeks ago | newsfromthestates.com | Karl Baker

The inaugural meeting on Wednesday of a port oversight task force that lawmakers had created over objections from Gov. Matt Meyer became the latest front in a monthslong power struggle between legislators and the Delaware governor. In attendance at the meeting were several high-profile Delaware officials, including labor leaders from the Port of Wilmington and the Delaware building trades, as well as Wilmington Mayor John Carney and New Castle County Executive Marcus Henry.

2 weeks ago | spotlightdelaware.org | Karl Baker

Why Should Delaware Care? Months of jockeying between Gov. Matt Meyer and Senate leaders within his own Democratic Party could not only impact how Delaware operates and expands its largest port, but could also set the power dynamic in Dover for years to come. The inaugural meeting on Wednesday of a port oversight task force that lawmakers had created over objections from Gov. Matt Meyer became the latest front in a monthslong power struggle between legislators and the Delaware governor.