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A cannabis company has sued the Town of Pound Ridge for enacting a moratorium to block a new store. Purple Plains, of Waccabuc, claims that the town passed a bad law, in a complaint filed Feb. 20 in Westchester Supreme Court, and it is asking for the moratorium to be  declared "null, void and jurisdictionally invalid."

Members of the city’s Finance and Budget Committee on July 11 recommended that the city commit to fully fund police and fire department pensions by 2040. Committee discusses ways to ensure full funding for police and fire department pensions.

City Council held a Truth and Taxation public hearing Monday night in which residents commented on the 2022 property tax levy. Residents asked for more budget transparency and stressed the city’s need to address rising public safety pension debt.  Evanston’s public safety pension debt has risen by $47 million in the past 7 years to...