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Delaware not ready to join push for mandatory paid sick days
There’s a growing movement across the country to mandate paid sick days for all workers, but a tough economy in Delaware and across the nation is proving a major obstacle for widespread adoption.
Earlier this month, Connecticut became the first state in the country to require that employers provide employees with paid sick days.
In the state of Delaware, however, there is little talk or support for mandating sick days, at least not right now. ...More
NRG buys more time for wind-farm negotiations
NRG Bluewater Wind said on Thursday it will take three more months to seek private finance and federal loan guarantees that would enable construction of Delaware’s proposed offshore wind farm.
The renewable energy developer said it had agreed with Delmarva Power to extend Thursday’s deadline until Sept. 23 for making a decision on whether to proceed with the long-delayed project.
The agreement postpones a non-refundability clause in NRG’s letters of credit for the project. ...More
Nonprofits learning to make social media work for them
Delmarva Council Boy Scouts serves more than 11,000 youth but, until November, it had no Twitter account.
The Ministry of Caring runs dozens of programs in Wilmington, but, until recently, you couldn’t find it on Twitter or Facebook.
The segue to social media is happening as fast as you can tweet, directors of local nonprofits say. The Ministry already has 149 Facebook friends. The Delmarva Council Boy Scouts already has 830 “likes” on Facebook – and they include not only recent scout alumni but also former members now in their 40s, 50s and 60s. ...More
Flying into a headwind: The effort to save Delaware’s off-shore wind project
Top state and federal officials are scrambling to keep Delaware’s offshore wind project alive with a range of financial and regulatory incentives on the eve of a contract deadline that could spell the end for the high-profile renewable energy plan. ...More
Bankruptcy filings in Delaware still on the rise, bucking national trend.
Personal bankruptcy filings nationwide are falling steadily this year. An 8.4 percent drop in filings this year compared to the first five months of 2010 has prompted the National Bankruptcy Research Center (NBKRC) to assert, “The worst is behind us.”
But that’s not the case in Delaware.
In four of the first five months of the year, more personal bankruptcy petitions were filed in Delaware than for the same period in 2010. ...More
Economic recovery may not be colorblind when it comes to jobs
Patrice Gibbs has been looking for a full-time job for three years and estimates he’s sent out about 500 resumes.
Gibbs, a 50-year-old black man with decades of experience in the printing industry, believes he has the skills, work ethic and background to land a good job, but he suspects his race may be part of the reason his job search has hit a wall.
Indeed, Gibbs is a member of one of the Great Recession’s hardest hit groups in Delaware and throughout the nation – black men. ...More
Jobs in “Bloom”?: Delaware attracts fuel cell company to old Chrysler Newark site
A company that creates “energy servers” plans to make a home in Delaware, creating up to 900 jobs at a facility which would be built at the site of the old Chrysler Assembly Plant in Newark.
Bloom Energy would become the first high-tech tenant at the facility, which is now owned and being developed by the University of Delaware
Governor Jack Markell (D) says the company’s planned supply network in the region could generate an additional 600 jobs, while 350 people may be employed in the construction phase, which is expected to begin this year. ...More
Effort to add new casino venues in Delaware stalls in committee again
Familiar debate. Familiar result.
For the third time in two years, a bill in the state House of Representatives seeking to expand the number of casinos in Delaware from three to five failed to make it out of committee for debate on the House floor. But that doesn’t mean the issue is going away, according to expansion proponents.
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