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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive $1.7 million pay raise amid city’s budget woes
City officials are deciding on a new two-year budget that would pad the new mayor’s office budget with an extra $1.7 million, ...
Ex-LA deputy mayor enters one plea Thursday, another on Friday in threat case
Brian K. Williams is charged with a single federal count of threats regarding fire and explosives, which carries a possible ...
West Sacramento mayor praises A’s arrival, infrastructure in state of the city
Mayor Martha Guerrero highlighted progress with new parks, high-speed internet and plans for future city growth in her annual ...
Progressive Chicago mayor advocates for new 1% grocery tax to help billion-dollar deficit
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and his aides argued in favor of a grocery tax during a city committee meeting to replace a ...
Janine Witko ‘humbled’ to be new mayor of Morton Grove after decade of last administration
The new mayor of Morton Grove has been sworn and seated, and one of the first orders of business for Janine Witko was to make ...
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Flint mayor’s updated budget calls for spending $9M more from reserves
A revised budget proposal from Mayor Sheldon Neeley calls for digging deeper into Flint’s rainy day funds to balance the ...
Democrats vying for NYC mayor spar over defunding police, combating ICE
Democratic mayoral candidates largely backed away from the once-popular Democratic position of defunding the police during ...
North Ridgeville mayor rejects ‘sky is falling’ mentality, as residents raise red flag on growth concerns
After a recent cleveland.com report raised tough questions about whether the city’s breakneck growth is outpacing its ...