Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus

Delaware’s art scene is one of our biggest assets. This week, we’ve taken a meaningful step towards supporting our local art students and community. Senate Bill 260 creates the Certificate of Arts Excellence award in every school across the state, encouraging creativity and creating pathways towards successful careers in the arts.

SB 260 was signed this week at the Delaware Art Museum alongside advocates, the Department of Education, and prime sponsor Sen. Dan Cruce.

In a unanimous decision, the Delaware Supreme Court upheld Sen. Stephanie Hansen's Senate Bills 159 and 199, two bills that will allow the construction of an electrical substation in association with a proposed offshore wind project that will bring new energy generation onto our electric grid.

“Our state is facing serious energy supply and reliability challenges, and our neighbors are being crushed by rising energy costs," said Sen. Hansen. "We cannot afford to deny energy projects that bring massive amounts of new, clean, renewable energy into our grid, providing us with the energy supply and reliability we need. Local decisions that stand in the way of the greater good for all Delawareans are appropriately overridden. Having now been through Delaware Chancery Court, Delaware Superior Court and the Delaware Supreme Court, this should now be a settled issue.”

One of the main drivers of rising health care costs is that the majority of Delawareans do not have access to a primary care provider. Instead of seeing a doctor for regular checkups, they are forced to turn to hospital waiting rooms to seek treatment for even the most routine conditions — or that they won’t seek care at all.

Primary care plays a central role in ensuring Delawareans’ access to health care and chronic disease management, improving health and wellness and preventing costly emergency care. But many primary care practices are consolidating, closing, or moving to expensive concierge services, which leads to increased consumer costs.

Today, the Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 1, co-prime sponsored by Sen. Bryan Townsend and Sen. Ray Seigfried. This legislation continues on previous work of the General Assembly to invest in our state's primary care with the goal of making healthcare more accessible and cost-effective.