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Jackson, Mississippi mayor facing federal charges trails challenger in election results

The federally indicted mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, is trailing his opponent in the city’s Democratic primary runoff.  Unofficial vote totals show state Sen. John Horhn leading two-term Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba 18,493 to 6,246, according to the city clerk’s office. Although absentee votes have not yet been counted, Horhn declared victory in the race.  Lumumba, Hinds … Read more

Los Angeles’s Democrat mayor wants to axe 1,600 employees as city flounders in slumping economy and wildfire damage

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Monday proposed laying off more than 1,600 government workers in an attempt to close a nearly $1 billion budget gap amid a slumping economy while the city contends with the costly job of rebuilding a seaside neighborhood leveled in a January wildfire. The prospect of chopping hundreds of government … Read more

Barbara Lee wins mayor race in embattled Oakland

Former Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., defeated former Oakland City Council member Loren Taylor in Oakland’s special election for mayor, following months of uncertainty for the struggling city.  While Taylor made inroads as a relative political outsider with campaign finance reports revealing he outraised the career California politician, Lee was ultimately triumphant following Friday’s ranked choice … Read more

Andrew Cuomo denied public campaign funds amid NYC mayor bid, cites ‘technical error’

Former New York Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo was denied nearly $3 million in publicly matched campaign funds by New York City’s campaign finance regulators on Tuesday.  The denial of $2.5 million in publicly matched campaign funds followed a frantic email the Cuomo campaign sent out Friday, calling on those who had donated to his campaign … Read more

Budget airline Avelo will fly deportation flights for ICE—but carrier’s hometown mayor calls it ‘deeply disappointing and disturbing’

Budget carrier Avelo Airlines signed an agreement to fly federal deportation flights from Arizona starting in May, according to the company, whose founder acknowledged the decision may be controversial. Andrew Levy, also CEO of the Houston-based airline, said Avelo is flying for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement agency as part … Read more

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie thinks his city is on the verge of a rebound

The perception of San Francisco has been on the decline for years due to a number of factors. The city’s mayor, Daniel Lurie, joined TechCrunch’s Maxwell Zeff to talk about Lurie’s efforts to turn that around. Lurie highlighted his administrative and on-the-ground efforts in a push for San Francisco to remain the center of the … Read more

Judge dismisses criminal case against New York Mayor Eric Adams

New York City Mayor Eric Adams leaves the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S., February 19, 2025.  Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed the criminal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, nearly two months after the Trump administration first sought to drop … Read more

Maui’s mayor wants to ban Airbnbs to make housing more affordable for locals. Researchers say it could cause an economic shock

HONOLULU (AP) — An unprecedented proposal from Maui’s mayor to phase out vacation rentals would alleviate a severe housing shortage aggravated by the 2023 wildfires but would also shrink the economy, University of Hawaii economists said in a report published Monday. Mayor Richard Bissen introduced the policy idea last year to boost Maui’s limited supply of long-term housing after the fires wiped out more than … Read more

Turkey jails mayor of capital city as unrest continues

Turkish police pepper spray protesters in Istanbul Police officers seen pepper spraying protesters as people gathered in support of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu near the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality building, in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2025. (Credit: Reuters) A Turkish court on Sunday jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, President Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival, pending trial … Read more

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