FY26 Budget

Gov. Matt Meyer provides his thoughts on the implications of President Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" and recent turmoil over an offshore wind project and the state interfering with local government control.

Gov. Matt Meyer signs a controversial offshore wind bill into law and legislators reach a compromise over the fiscal year 26 Bond Bill.

The legislature passes a slate of key bills on its last day of the legislative session, working into the early morning hours on Tuesday.

Senate Republicans announce they will not vote in favor of Delaware's Bond Bill — an allocation of $977 million for capital projects across the state — unless the House votes against a bill that would override a Sussex County Council decision that is holding up an offshore wind project.

The Delaware House sends a $6.58 billion operating budget to the Senate for approval and advances a constitutional amendment that would prohibit the imposition of the death penalty.

The Delaware Economic and Financial Advisory Committee is projecting an almost identical economic forecast for Delaware as it did at its last meeting, but concerns for the future remain.

Gov. Matt Meyer is working to finalize two of his proposals to provide medical debt relief for Delawareans.

New Castle County Council unanimously passes its Fiscal Year 2026 operating and capital budgets.

The fiscal year 26 budget is a 7.36% increase over the current year and does not dip into either of the state’s financial reserve accounts, but financial uncertainty remains.

Delaware’s budget-writing committee commits to another round of state employee and teacher salary raises against Republicans’ wishes.