All that vote-counting you’re seeing in real time in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona and Nevada is also taking place all around the country, not just in
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Category: Analysis and Comment
Meet Eric Amado, Personnel And Labor Relations Director
Eric Amado is doing double duty these days as Bridgeport’s personnel director and chief of labor relations. He has been a city employee since September
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Rosario Ribs Book After Election Roasting
The thing about Republican Ethan Book, he’s either a glutton for punishment or a deeply principled page turner. Just put it on the calendar every
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“Lame-Duck” Appointment Ordinance On City Council Agenda
Historically one of the shortest meetings of the year, the City Council will meet Monday on the eve of election day to refer a number
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Newton Urges Merit System Hiring During Lame-Duck Mayoral Period
Shortly after he was elected mayor in 1933, Socialist Jasper McLevy implemented a campaign promise to limit the spoils system of hiring municipal employees. Basically
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For Senator Bradley A Baby Before Election Day
State Senator Dennis Bradley loves life in real time. He throws it all out there. On Monday Bradley and wife Karina gave birth to daughter
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In Bridgeport, Intimate Amphitheater Rises In Preparation Of Iconic Roof
In the surreal haze of Covid punctuated by masks, plexiglass, social distancing and empty bar stools, a bludgeoned entertainment industry stages a baby-steps comeback buoyed
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Dude, You’ve Got Mail–Council Prez Nieves Takes Aim At Michael’s Mailbox
Condemned Monday night by several political insiders for stripping committee assignments from three City Council members she asserts have caused chaos, the head of the
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