Weekly Message
- Governor's Weekly Message: Celebrating Prom and Graduation Season Safely In his weekly address, the Governor talks about prom and graduation season in Delaware, the state’s efforts to raise awareness about the safety issues that often accompany this time of year and the critical role parents play in keeping our young people safe.May 11, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: Celebrating Prom and Graduation Season Safely It’s prom and graduation season in Delaware and many families are celebrating together the milestones they and their teenagers have achieved. We, meanwhile, are working hard to make sure there will be jobs available for our young people when they are ready for their careers. Whether they are going to college, into the military service, onto employment training or travel, our young people will be moving in many new directions.May 11, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: Making Delaware’s Case to Major Employers In his weekly address, the Governor talks about two new chances to make Delaware’s case in the national debateon how to get people working, make our schools even stronger and better prepare our nation for what is emerging as a global war for talent and jobs.May 4, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: Making Delaware’s Case to Major Employers This week, Delaware had two new chances to make its case in the national debate on how to get people working, make our schools even stronger and better prepare our nation for what is emerging as a global war for talent and jobs.May 4, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: Bloom Energy: Helping to Power Delaware’s Future The Governor talks about Bloom Energy coming to Delaware. On Monday, Bloom will break ground on Bloom energy’s first East Coast manufacturing facility, to be constructed on the former site of the Chrysler plant in Newark, which is now part of the University of Delaware’s Science, Technology and Advanced Research campus. Once completed, it will bring an estimated 1,500 manufacturing, supply chain and construction jobs to the region.April 27, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: Bloom Energy: Helping to Power Delaware's Future For generations, the Chrysler plant in Newark built cars that powered down our nation’s highways. Just down the street, the University of Delaware was building on its campus generation after generation of innovations and innovators to help power our nation’s economy.April 27, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: Volunteerism Brings our Community Together Governor Markell talks about the annual Week of Service and how the event has grown since 2009’s Weekend of Service. The Governor and First Lady kicked off the Week of Service last Sunday at an event for the Delaware National Guard’s “War on Hunger.”April 20, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: Volunteerism Brings our Community Together Recognizing the tough financial times our state and our fellow citizens faced, Carla and I replaced the traditional Inaugural Ball each Governor gets with a statewide weekend of service. April 20, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: When It Comes to Child Abuse – See the Signs, Make the Call The Governor talks about child abuse awareness and Delaware’s month-long campaign designed to urge people to see the signs and make the call. A majority of child abuse incidents go unreported.April 13, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: When It Comes to Child Abuse – See the Signs, Make the Call Our children rely on us for so much – guidance, support, safety. We have a tremendous opportunity to be a positive force as they navigate through childhood and build a foundation for their future. But it’s more than an opportunity – it’s our responsibility. Children look to us to be role models, to make good choices, to be champions for what’s best for them. This responsibility is most critical when it comes to their safety and well-being.April 13, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: STEM Council Aids Students in Competing for Global Jobs Governor Jack Markell talks about the state’s STEM Council and the international competition for jobs. One of the things companies look for when considering where to invest is a gifted workforce, which depends on our public schools. The jobs of the future are in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, or STEM subjects. April 5, 2012
- Governor’s Weekly Message Transcript: STEM Council Aids Students in Competing for Global Jobs During some particularly challenging times these last few years, our state has made clear – again and again – that whether it was meeting the challenge of the federal race to the top contest, or trying to reopen the shuttered refinery at Delaware City, or tackling rapidly rising pension and health care costs, or putting our state back on the path to financial stability – Delawareans come together to fight alongside each other FOR things that matter, instead of AGAINST each other over trivial issues.April 5, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: Make Government More Transparent Through Lobbying Reform Bill Governor Jack Markell talks about new legislation that would improve government transparency and citizens’ access to information by requiring that lobbyists specifically report on each piece of legislation, each area of the budget or the bond bill, or each proposed state agency regulation that they are lobbying to change and who they are talking with to try and make those changes.March 30, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message Transcript: Make Government More Transparent Through Lobbying Reform Bill Former Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” and that’s as true today as it was when he first said it.March 30, 2012
- Governor's Weekly Message: Making Progress Together on Our Race to the Top Governor Jack Markell talks about the progress Delaware is making on the two year “mile marker” since winning the federal Race to the Top as federal Education Secretary Arne Duncan visits Delaware.March 23, 2012