Because of its high reliance on corporate income, Delaware often feels the pinch of a downturning economy before the rest of the nation. Compromise has been the hallmark of Delaware's fiscal stability since Pete duPont's second year as governor. For more than 20 years, Democrats and Republicans in Dover have forged sensible spending plans that rely on dependable revenue forecasts. It would make sense to develop a viable spending plan before the final days of this GeneralAssembly session later this month. Legislators are at their worst in the early-morning hours of the last day.
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It's been likened to re-creating Mount Rushmore with a pocket knife. But the latest plan to control poultry farm runoff is a giant step toward changing the way chicken growers do business. How proposed legislation will be enforced and what happens to those who don't follow the rules remain major concerns to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA has threatened to impose its own permit requirements and inspections if the state doesn't. Recalcitrant poultry farmers have lowered their profiles, and those with calmer minds have stepped forward with a series of necessary changes.