If all goes according to the plan, within the next week or so Mayor Joe Ganim is expected to propose a budget that holds the
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Category: City Budget
Burns Returns To Budget Role On City Council
Four years ago City Councilman Scott Burns was handed a canary in a coal mine. He was budget co-chair during implementation of revaluation of taxable
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Chasing Ned–Testani Receives ‘Runaround’ From Lamont To Discuss School Finances
On the 2018 campaign trail, Ned Lamont promised Bridgeport a lot of goodies: fully funding education, fully funding payments in lieu of taxes to reduce
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Education Advocacy Group Presses Ganim For More School Funding
FaithActs for Education founder Pastor William McCullough on Thursday delivered a letter to Mayor Joe Ganim reminding him of “promises he made at FaithActs’ Nov.
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Testani Sets Budget Workshops For Schools
School chief Michael Testani has scheduled three budget workshops to discuss the district’s spending plan that begins July 1 for 20,000 students. The budget proposed
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City Council Member Maria Viggiano To Resign Seat
Maria Zambrano Viggiano, co-chair of the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations Committee, announced her resignation from the city’s legislative body effective the end of February.
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Is Ned’s Tax-Relief Promise Dead? Governor’s Campaign Pledge In Limbo
Fully funding education, 100 percent reimbursement of tax-exempt properties, tax relief for cities. Adding up Governor Ned Lamont’s 2018 campaign promises represents more than $100
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Scalpel Time: City Council Budget Chairs Seek Quixotic Eight Percent Department Reductions
It’s a big ask that will arouse irritation or perspiration, if not outright mock horror, but the co-chairs of the City Council’s Budget & Appropriations
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