Trying to better understand folks existing on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), U.S. Senator Chris Murphy this week is surviving on a food stamp
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Should Connecticut Grant Driver’s Licenses To Undocumented Immigrants?
OIB has joined our friends from the New Haven Independent to participate in the Independent’s “True Vote” experiment in citizen issues elections, the first asking
Read moreView From A Political Demagogue, ‘New Haven Would Look Like Bridgeport Without Yale’
It always intrigues when the state’s largest city serves as a convenient foil for political demagoguery, especially from one who seeks the office of mayor
Read moreDon’t Harp On Bridgeport! New Haven Bombshell Changes Elm City Mayoral Race
Whoa, one day after OIB reports about State Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield trashing Bridgeport, State Senator Toni Harp announces for mayor and a game changer. Our
Read moreReporter New Police Spokesman
It’s always an interesting transition going from flatfoot scribe to flack. New Haven Register crime reporter Bill Kaempffer is doing just that, according to the
Read moreJennifer Gondola’s Police Footage
It’s been a wild 10 days for Bridgeport city employee Jennifer Gondola who made news after New Haven cops confiscated her phone after she filmed
Read moreBridgeport Man Arrested, New Haven Cops Confiscate Phone Of Woman Claiming To Film Police Abuse
The arrest of a Bridgeport man in New Haven last weekend is at the center of another controversy involving a cop confiscating a camera of
Read moreFormer New Haven Cop Found Dead–Post Explains Photo Of Body
UPDATE: A former New Haven police officer with a history of problems with the law was found dead on Bridgeport’s East Side Thursday, the city’s third homicide of the
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