Veteran columnist and OIB friend Chris Powell shares this commentary about the state’s intervention in Bridgeport’s financially struggling school system: Last week Governor Lamont and
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Author: Lennie Grimaldi
Stratford’s Trojan Horse Housing Discrimination Creates Community Disparity
What’s Bridgeport’s neighborhood to the east, the town of Stratford, doing about the affordable housing crisis? A stark pattern of discrimination is getting in the
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Community Conversation With Chief Porter
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Trump Walks Back Funding Freeze – Read White House Q&A
Donald Trump on Wednesday rescinded his federal funding freeze that caused havoc and trepidation across the country, one day after a federal judge paused action.
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The School Board’s Purgatory Period
Tiheba Williams-Bain, a Democrat, is the latest school board member to resign and, going out the door, called for a state takeover that would banish
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“Catastrophic” – Federal-Reliant Agencies, Non-Profits, Municipal Leaders Reel From Trump Order Pausing Grants And Loans
UPDATE: A federal judge has paused the freeze. What does it mean? Deep freeze? Too soon to know, with much to be sorted out. The
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Governor Lamont Shares Guidance Document With District Schools To Protect Students From Unlawful Immigration Enforcement
News release from Governor Lamont: Governor Ned Lamont and Education Commissioner Charlene Russell-Tucker today announced that the Connecticut State Department of Education has issued a guidance
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As Tenants Suffer, Legislators Examine Landlord Registration, Rent Cap
It’s happening with more regularity. An out-of-state landlord gobbles up property in the city and then jacks the rent on people with limited incomes. Key
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