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Mayor Adams abruptly pulled out of a Wednesday night candidate forum where he was supposed to face off against his 2025 challengers in a debate setting for the first time this election cycle.

Twitter: @JBickertonUK. You can get in touch with James by emailing j.bickerton@newsweek.com Tiffany Henyard, dubbed "America's worst mayor," has decisively lost the Democratic Party primary to ...

But there’s often nothing routine about City Council votes under Mayor Brandon Johnson. That was clear again Wednesday, when Johnson struggled to pass his $830 million general obligation bond ...

Dolton, Illinois, Mayor Tiffany Henyard lost the Democratic primary for reelection in a landslide after a turbulent term in which she was embroiled in various scandals. Since taking office in 2021 ...

A northeastern Illinois politician and self-proclaimed “Super Mayor” was defeated by a landslide in Tuesday's democratic primaries. Tiffany Henyard (D), the scandal-plagued mayor of the ...

Ormond Beach city commissioners criticized Mayor Jason Leslie for a recent TV segment appearance in which the mayor tours and highlights some city parks, facilities. Commissioners Lori Tolland and ...

A bitter feud between Hooper’s leaders that had led to a proposal to strip the city’s mayor of any real power has been defused, at least for now. At a crowded meeting Tuesday, the Hooper City Council ...

There's been "an extraordinary flurry" of leaks by prosecutors, his lawyer said. The corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams should be dropped because of "an extraordinary flurry" of ...

As a councillor, and when he ran for mayor last election in 2021, Farkas was a pull-no-punches guy ready to take on Calgary city hall and shake up the Cowtown Kremlin. He lost the mayor’s race ...

HOOPER, Weber County — A bitter feud between Hooper's leaders that had led to a proposal to strip the city's mayor of any real power has been defused, at least for now. At a crowded meeting ...

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The reelectionist vice mayor of Datu Piang town in Maguindanao del Sur survived a brazen daylight gun attack on Monday that the police believed could be ...