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Cutting DuPont Would Hurt Delaware

Written on: May 11th, 2015 in Job Creation

Those of us who have spent most of our lives in Delaware know what DuPont means to this state. We travel the duPont Highway, attend schools named after duPont family members, and tour former duPont estates. The presence of the duPont family and the great company that they built here in Delaware is so ubiquitous […]


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Biden, Markell: Training key to filling tech jobs

Written on: March 11th, 2015 in Job Creation

The U.S. economy is experiencing a breakthrough year. Nearly 300,000 new jobs were created in February. That is part of the 12 million private-sector jobs created over five straight years of job growth. And the national unemployment rate dropped to 5.5 % — the lowest rate in seven years. We’ve gone from an economic crisis […]


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Advancing Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities

Written on: July 20th, 2012 in Job Creation

About nine years ago, I visited what was then MBNA, now Bank of America, at a facility in Newark. There, the company employed about 300 people with disabilities who were responsible for a variety of tasks including making promotional materials. I met a young man, about 25 years old, who was making t-shirts. I asked […]


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Holiday Wishes for Jobs & Education

Written on: December 21st, 2010 in EducationJob Creation

Marrying Innovation & Manufacturing Our state has a long history as a cradle of innovation. A place where ideas can become products, products become new companies and companies help shape new industries. We are working to make sure that this history isn’t just remembered – we’ve been putting policies in place and working together with […]


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Every Job Counts

Written on: December 1st, 2010 in Job Creation

Yesterday, like most of my days, was about jobs. It was one of those days that remind you that in Delaware, every job counts and every job has a story. I started Tuesday afternoon with a lot of energy.  Literally. I joined workers at NRG Energy’s Indian River Generating Plant to talk about an investment […]


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