Tag: Local governments
Leftist leads race for Zagreb mayor after Croatia local vote
<p>ZAGREB, Croatia — The candidate of a leftist-green group has taken a strong lead in voting for the mayor of Croatia’s capital, Zagreb, dealing...
Downtown stores, businesses await their customers’ return
<p>NEW YORK — In many downtown areas where companies closed their offices and commuting ground to a halt, sandwich shops, bakeries and other small...
Case dismissed in officer’s use of pepper spray amid protest
<p>PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge has dismissed charges against a former police officer seen on video lowering the mask of at least one protester...
Governor’s OK means S Carolina now allows open carry of guns
<p>COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster said Monday he signed into law a bill allowing people with concealed weapons permits from the state to...
Arizona sheriff’s immigration patrols to cost public $200M
<p>PHOENIX — The costs to taxpayers from a racial profiling lawsuit stemming from former Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration patrols in metro Phoenix a decade...
Minneapolis mayor says police changes will increase safety
<p>MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced a sweeping set of public safety proposals Monday that he said would make all neighborhoods in the...
Minneapolis suburb OKs sweeping changes in policing policies
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April...
Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, dies of cancer at age 41
<p>BRASILIA, Brazil — Bruno Covas, the mayor of Sao Paulo, died of cancer on Sunday, according to the press office of Brazil’s biggest city....
Second Amendment sanctuaries facing 1st court test in Oregon
<p>SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a...
Minneapolis suburb OKs sweeping changes in policing policies
<p>BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. — Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April...