The city inaugurated a blight-tracking program today, bringing together several city departments to share myriad statistics with each other and the public.
Anticipating a draft report this afternoon on the appropriate size of a new city jail, a coalition of smaller-jail advocates have renewed the call for an 850-bed jail in line with national averages.
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