Tag: Municipal 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...
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...
Bruno Covas, mayor of Sao Paulo, dies of cancer at age 41
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
SALEM, Ore. — The first court test of whether local governments can ban police from enforcing certain gun laws is playing out in a...