Bill to eliminate training wage heads to House floor

DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Democratic proposal to eliminate a provision in state law that allows employers to pay minors and probationary workers less than the minimum wage has cleared a Democrat-led House committee.

The committee voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to send the legislation to the House floor. Proponents of the change say all workers should be paid fairly. Representatives of the business community and restaurant industry questioned the timing of the bill given the ongoing economic fallout of the coronavirus epidemic.

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ICYMI: Senator Coons leads bipartisan push to incentivize charitable giving amid COVID-19

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) led senate colleagues this month in introducing the bipartisan Universal Giving Pandemic Response and Recovery Act to expand and extend the current deduction for charitable giving. The senate bill would ensure that Delawareans who donate to charities, houses of worship, religious organizations, and other nonprofits are able to deduct that donation from their federal taxes at a higher level than the […]

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