Hurst Blasts Sarno As Vote-Buying Maelstrom Consumes Close of Springfield...
UPDATED With his mayoral campaign in mortal danger, Springfield at-large Councilor Justin Hurst held a defiant press conference Thursday morning, vigorously denying his campaign engaged in vote-buying....
View ArticleAnalysis: In Fog of Springfield Mayoral War, Some Questions Amid Vote-Buying...
The allegations of vote-buying occurring right outside Springfield City Hall have dropped a hand grenade into a historic but quiet municipal election. It has set off a wave of condemnation,...
View ArticleThe Hunt for Green in October…and the Last Springfield Mayoral Campaign...
Fortune put the date of the 2023 election on the second-latest possible date. That allowed time for one more round of campaign finance reports in the Springfield mayoral race. In October Mayor Domenic...
View ArticleSarno (Sorta) Storms to Victory over Hurst in Fraught Springfield Mayoral...
SPRINGFIELD—After an undernoted campaign that turned caustic and accusatory in its dying days, Mayor Domenic Sarno triumphed over at-large City Councilor Justin Hurst by a 15-point margin. This was a...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: A Twiggs Memorial & Police Supervisors Branch out…
The Springfield City Council authorized the renaming of a McKnight neighborhood street after former Ward 4 Councilor E. Henry Twiggs. It was poignant recognition of their late colleague, whose activism...
View ArticleTake My Council, Please: All Quiet on the Court Street Front…
SPRINGFIELD—The final City Council meeting of 2023 and of the current term ended with the usual goodbyes and acknowledgements. The year’s final meeting also includes an unofficial selection of the...
View ArticleWhere the Springfield City Council Went While Following the Lederman…
At 28, that means Jesse Lederman has been active in city politics since he was a teenager. That makes his exit after three terms notable less because he was leaving so soon, but that the Council was...
View ArticleThe Year in Springfield, 2023…
The election dominated 2023 in Springfield in a way that elections rarely have. Only the rise of ward representation stands as a fair comparison. But while 2009, as an election year, changed...
View ArticleBriefings: Sixth Term Plans Remain Foggy as Springfield Places Crown on Sarno...
SPRINGFIELD—Mayor Domenic Sarno began his six term of office Monday alongside the City Council with promises to deliver essentially what he campaigned on: the status quo. His less than 20 minute...
View ArticleSpringfield Race is Over, but the Campaign Finance Refs Still Reviewing the...
UPDATED 1/11/24 11:41AM for additional information: The mayoral race in Springfield may be long over and the victors have taken the oath. That, however, does not mean the work of campaign finance...
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