The General Assembly announced legislation Monday that would help Delawareans who lost their jobs during the pandemic. The bill would exempt unemployment benefits paid in 2020 from Delaware state income tax, maintain the new employer tax rates at 2020 levels and waive the 13-week waiting period before the state could trigger extended benefits.
• They owe it to all of us if they owe it to anyone. Maybe you shouldn’t have given people an additional $600 a week. Most didn’t make near that at their jobs when employed. — Nikki Robinson Wilson
• But I still have to pay taxes. — Salina Ranee
• I’ve never understood people who can’t stand someone else receiving help. I’m glad that those among us who became unemployed due to the pandemic are going to catch a break. If I have to pay more in taxes, I’m fine with that. — Deby Daly
• They shouldn’t be taxing those of us who have worked every single day, earning our money and putting ourselves at risk. — Heather Barkley
• Do you realize that unemployment is an insurance policy that is factored into the cost of your employment? Do you pray to get in a car accident just to get some money back from the premiums you pay? — Jake Phil
US shifts to speed vaccinations
Barely a month into a mass vaccination campaign to stop the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump administration unexpectedly shifted gears Tuesday to speed the delivery of shots. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has announced two major changes. First, the government will no longer hold back required second doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.
• Delaware legislators do not care. They are meeting virtually, while forcing teachers back in classrooms! — Denise Ginger
• When will stage 1B start? Where are they being given? We need answers with the 11% positivity rate! — Elaine Russell Ringler
• No national plan. — Tee Brat
