BRIDGEPORT — Mayor John M. Fabrizi says he's ending the city's long-standing practice of paying companies for services even if they owe back taxes. "Any vendor who owes back taxes will not be allowed to do business with the city," Fabrizi said.
Two former Naples police officers who have been fighting for months to be reinstated to the force will have to wait a little longer to find out if they will get their jobs back.
Trailing in the polls, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano went on the offensive, challenging Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell on everything from ethics to energy policy in their first debate.
Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell and her Democratic challenger, New Haven Mayor John DeStefano, clashed in their first debate Monday on rising energy costs, ethics and taxes.
Efrain Rivera is charged with possession of narcotics, essentially the same crime Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi has acknowledged committing. But he finds himself in far different circumstances.
JACK Straw, the former foreign secretary, waded into a race and sexism row last night after admitting he asks female Muslim constituents who visit him to remove their veils.
BRIDGEPORT — The state's largest city and its dominant political party are so intertwined that experts liken them to the legendary machines that once ruled Chicago and New York.An analysis of the city's Democratic Town Committee membership reveals that more than two-thirds serve in city government or draw a paycheck from City Hall, and even more have a relative who does.