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Sun Aug 4, 2019, 10:21 PM Aug 2019

Obstacles remain in preventing "double-dipping" by lawmakers

DOVER — Unlike some states, Delaware’s legislature is not full-time.

That means most of the state’s 62 lawmakers have other jobs — jobs that can potentially pose conflicts of interest or lead to questions about “double-dipping.”

Many legislators work in the private sector, either for another company or for a business they own, or are full-time lawmakers.

A few are employed by nonprofits that receive state funding, such as Senate Majority Leader Nicole Poore, a New Castle Democrat who is president of Jobs for Delaware Graduates, and House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst, a Bear Democrat who serves as the executive director of the Police Athletic League of Delaware.

Read more: https://delawarestatenews.net/news/obstacles-remain-in-preventing-double-dipping-by-lawmaker/

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