to 4.5%, according to the Delaware Department of Labor’s monthly report. Delaware started 2022 with an unemployment rate of 4.8%. There were 22,600 unemployed Delawareans last month, compared to 28,500 in March 2021.
- People do realize that changes in the unemployment rate doesn’t mean people are going back to work. I lost my unemployment benefits in March. I can guarantee you I was included in the statistic of unemployment dropping, but the truth is, people are now losing their benefits after six months, and because they can’t file for unemployment, they are presumed to be employed. — Christopher Joyce
- Delaware’s unemployment recovery is the fifth worst in the nation, but let’s not lead with any of the facts that call out the failures of the elected in Dover. — Marc Auger
- The economy is strong and growing, as usual during Dem presidencies. — Rick Reed
- So you want a higher wage for what? The only ones moving here are retirees fleeing New Jersey for Sussex County after selling their homes there for over $750K and buying up our state. That isn’t the long-term growth we need. — Marc Auger
- Misleading, and the labor force participation rate is still low and has dropped some since the beginning of the year. — Robert Paul
- It’s not due to job creation. It is people “returning” to work. — Bob Hice
Delaware’s Republican senators request masks stay optional
With the city of Philadelphia reinstating an indoor face-covering requirement this week, Delaware Republican senators have asked the state Division of Public Health not to follow suit. All seven Republican state senators, led by Colin Bonini of Dover, sent a letter to DPH director Dr. Karyl Rattay on Monday.
- Stop asking! — Clint Brothers
- They all need to be voted out. Asking? — Diane Pusey
- If you want to wear a mask, feel free to wear as many as you want. Leave other people alone if they do not feel they need one. — David Szelestei
- Why do the actions of Philly have any bearing on the state of Delaware? Live your life, people, and just ignore this insanity already; and not like they have any legal grounds to actually enforce it anyways! — Marc Auger
- Both governed by Democrat majorities. That has to be changed at the ballot box. — Philip L. Puschel
- Push back. Flood their phones and emails. Make your voices heard. — Margaret Mclaughlin
