In a nearly empty chambers, the 20-member City Council Monday night unanimously approved a nearly $542 million budget that reflected the modest budget committee changes
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Wild Ride Shaping Up For City Council Election Season
If your favorite sports are politics and primaries (me too), strap in for a slew of Democratic battles for City Council. 0
Read moreLopez: In Bridgeport, Sausage Making Gets Bad Rap Compared To Law Making
In a follow-up to her commentary confronting the city’s new Downtown “RoboCops” parking meters, retired Superior Court Judge Carmen Lopez grinds up the city’s process
Read moreO&G’s Stones Crushed, Judge Radcliffe Rules Company Operating Illegally In East End, Activists Praise Decision
Update: video, news conference. Mayor Joe Ganim, flanked by neighborhood activists and elected officials, hailed Superior Court Judge Dale Radcliffe’s order for O&G Industries to
Read moreFor The Love Of Politics–Primaries
You can spend all your time making love. You can spend all your love making time. In city politics, it cuts both ways. Break up,
Read moreFire-damaged East End Building Demolished
Joined by East End political leaders and City Council members, Mayor Joe Ganim on Monday attended the demolition commencement of a fire-ravaged building on Stratford Avenue
Read more“Not Going Away,” Newton Ponders City Council Run
Voter rejection to the state legislature in 2012 and 2014 is not deterring Ernie Newton from considering a 2017 run for City Council where he launched
Read moreGanim Launches Second Chance Initiative For Ex-offenders
Mayor Joe Ganim on Friday was joined by city and state lawmakers, business leaders and local nonprofits to announce a Second Chance Society initiative aimed
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