Flanked by legislative and business leaders, Mayor Joe Ganim on Thursday highlighted successes from the recently completed session of the General Assembly including approval to
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Will Another Butt Tax Hike Balance The State Budget On The Backs Of Poor People?
A sin tax is a go-to place for state bean counters to raise extra revenue to balance the books while asserting it could also help
Read moreMalloy To Appointees: Happy Holidays!
Maybe Andres Ayala knew of something extra in his stocking when he accepted Governor Malloy’s appointment as motor vehicle chief. From Mark Pazniokas, CT Mirror:
Read moreMalloy Likes His OJ
Governor Dan Malloy on Thursday announced the reappointment of Mark Ojakian as chief of staff and Ben Barnes as the state’s budget chief. Barnes worked
Read moreOops! There Goes Your Tax Rebate
Remember that $55 rebate Governor Dan Malloy promised you from the $500 million surplus? Not anymore, according to state budget director Ben Barnes in a
Read moreFinch Announces Agreement With State To Resolve Education Funding
UPDATE: Linda Conner Lambeck, CT Post here Mayor Bill Finch on Sunday issued a news release informing that the State Department of Education and the
Read moreVallas And Pryor, Finch And Malloy–Why Relationships Matter
Meeting governmental goals, policies and agendas require political friends in the right places, particularly in a city such as Bridgeport which doesn’t exactly have a
Read moreBridgeport, Stratford Sign Deal For Airport Safety Zone
News release from Mayor Bill Finch: City, town of Stratford and state officials today signed a historic document resolving a decades-long dispute regarding the construction
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