MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT


July 1, 2024

The 152nd General Assembly has now adjourned for the year. We witnessed some unprecedented and controversial actions by the legislature that creates more doubt than certainty within the business community. Tyler Micik’s session wrap up can be found here, along with details on many of the bills we supported, opposed, and monitored.


All of this makes it clear that elections matter and business leaders need to be deeply engaged in policymaking decisions. Every business leader needs to know their state representative and senator on a “first name” basis. If this is not the case, please reach out to Tyler so we can help make the appropriate introductions. 


The September primary will be here soon enough, and for all intents and purposes, many elections will be decided that day. The candidate filing deadline is one week away. Check to see who is running where you work and live and get to know the candidates and their positions on issues that matter the most to you.

Read our End-of-Session Recap

News You Can Use

The Independence Day holiday will make short work of economic news and companies with earnings calls. However, some key data points are set to be released this week starting with construction spending figures from May. On Tuesday, Fed Chair Powell offers remarks, and May job openings data and June auto sales will be released. On Wednesday, we’ll see results from ADP for June employment and May factory orders. We close the shortened week on Friday with U.S. unemployment rate for June and U.S. hourly wage data. 


There are no scheduled calls today, and only MSC Industrial and Radius Recycling are on tap for Tuesday. Wednesday is headlined by Constellation Brands with no other calls scheduled for the week.  

Michael J. Quaranta
President
Delaware State Chamber of Commerce

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