For more than a year the City Council has been a legislative body to be heard, but not seen since the outbreak of Covid. The
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Category: City Council
Spirited Battle For East Side Tasting Patio On Hold, Pulled From City Council Agenda
UPDATE: Fifth State Distillery instructed city officials on Friday to pull the agenda item for Tuesday’s scheduled vote. Several City Council members say the votes
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Taylor “No Way I’m Running” For School Board Reelection–Weldon And Joe-So Say Yes
A realignment is coming for Republican school board politics to control minority-party seats. Board of Education Chair John Weldon says he will seek another four-year
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City Seeks Public Input On Spending $110 Million Rescue Plan Windfall
Here’s something novel in Bridgeport: government asking you how to spend money instead of taking it. Easy to do when its federal dough. From Mayor
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Chief Garcia Wants To Reduce Cops Straying To Other Departments
Police retention has been debated in the OIB comments section for years. The city trains them, they drop anchor for a while and then sail
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As City Council Primaries Take Shape, Senators Bradley And Moore Position For 2023 Mayoral Runs
This is a City Council, school board election cycle, but it’s not too soon to parse its impact on the 2023 mayoral campaign that already
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City Council Agenda Monday Night
Monday’s City Council agenda, 7 p.m. This meeting will be conducted by teleconference. The public may listen into this meeting by calling the following conference
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Moore Votes Yes To Extend Absentee Ballot Option Through November Election, Supports Early Voting As Wave Of Future
2021 is an election cycle for City Council and Board of Education. If passed into law, as it was in 2020, this measure allows all
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