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TOP PRIORITIES FOR DELAWARE
This list of policy priorities impact businesses, both large and small, in every industry across the state of Delaware.
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WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING & EDUCATION
  • Promote policies that support training and skills programs that align with the needs of employers and their employees
  • Support polices that do not impose wage and benefits requirements on employers, which impact their ability to operate and remain competitive
  • Create employment opportunities with an emphasis on building trades, technology, health care, and logistics
  • Support employer-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
  • Back employment opportunities for second chance individuals and help solve outdated barriers to re-entry
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ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY, & SUSTAINABILITY
  • Support environmental policies that reflect collaboration between all stakeholders while growing Delaware’s economy
  • Promote and incentivize private sector efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through investments in technological innovation and the creation of clean new jobs
  • Support the cleanup of brownfield sites
  • Invest in infrastructure that improves resiliency from coastal flooding
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HEALTH CARE
  • Encourage workplace wellness programs and policies that allow companies to use personal technology devices to improve employee health and wellness
  • Create incentives for competitive health care insurance plans that include essential health benefits
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
  • Continue supporting legislation such as Ready in 6 that streamlines the permitting process while ensuring projects are completed in a timely manner without sacrificing public health or safety
  • Find ways for state and local governments to coordinate permit approval processes
  • Invest in site readiness so that businesses seeking to expand or relocate have a wide range of options “on the shelf” to select from and create jobs for Delawareans
  • Support contract awards based on open competition and competitive bidding
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TECHNOLOGY
  • Inform lawmakers about the benefits of a data-driven economy and oppose policies that overregulate data, which benefits businesses, nonprofits, government, and consumers
  • Support digital transformation efforts both within and across State agencies to streamline and modernize information technology systems
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FISCAL POLICY
  • Promote pro-growth tax policies that preserve Delaware’s competitiveness and increase business’ ability to expand and create jobs
  • Support tax policies that incentivize workforce training
  • Encourage timely and strategic spending of federal resources on infrastructure and one-time investments

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past PUBLICATIONS:

2021 Road to Recovery Plan
Co-written by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
​and Delaware Business Roundtable
2020 Economic Recovery in the First State
Co-written by the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce
​and Delaware Business Roundtable

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Analysis of Delaware Permit Competitiveness
(Ready in 6)

Delaware Business Roundtable
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Delaware's Coastal Zone Act:
​A Call for Modernization
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Delaware Growth Agenda
Delaware Business Roundtable
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The Truth About Delaware's Global Brand
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Unequal Pay: Comparing State & Private Sector Employee Compensation in Delaware
Andrew G. Biggs, Ph.D., presented by DPPI

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      • Delaware Retail Council
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      • Annual Dinner
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      • Superstars in Education
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      • Developing Delaware
      • Superstars in Business
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