City Council President Aidee Nieves and East End councilor Ernie Newton assert there’s been an “increase in unbecoming, abusive and unparliamentary conduct, at City Council
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Author: Lennie Grimaldi
Botched Ballots–State’s Mail House Screw-Up Suppresses Primary Voters
With one week left to primary day, thousands of absentee ballots across the state are, well, absent. City political operatives lay blame on the mail
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Education Chief Testani: Schools Preparing For Reopening
Superintendent of Schools Michael Testani writes, in a commentary that also appears in the Connecticut Post, “the Welcome Back Bridgeport Plan is proof positive that
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Brown-Moore State Senate Primary–Incumbency Versus Top-Line Mantra
In any given year on paper the Democratic primary match-up between incumbent State Senator Marilyn Moore and party-endorsed City Councilman Marcus Brown would be a
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Police Training And Reforms On City Council Agenda
The City Council meeting Monday night at 7 will be conducted by teleconference. The public may listen by calling the following conference line and then entering
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When A Taxpayer-Paid Mailer Becomes A Promotional Campaign Boost
In the old days they were called franking privileges: legislators’ taxpayer-paid mailers to communicate with constituents. Essentially they become a surrogate boost to an incumbent’s
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State Rep. Stafstrom Breaks Down New Police Reforms
State Rep. Steve Stafstrom, House chair of the state legislature’s Judiciary Committee, explains what’s in the recently approved police reform bill. This week, the state
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14-Year-Old Boy Found Dead In Oxford, Arrest Made
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