Tag: Municipal governments
Court upholds city’s $30,000 fine for man’s overgrown lawn
DUNEDIN, Fla. — A federal court has upheld a Florida city's decision to issue nearly $30,000 in code violation fines to a homeowner whose...
Mexico mayoral candidate runs despite DEA alert, warrant
<p>MEXICO CITY — A candidate for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena is running for mayor of a cartel-plagued city in southern Mexico —...
US closes in on 100 million Americans fully vaccinated
Disneyland reopened on Friday and New York’s mayor predicted the big city will be up and running again at full strength by July 1,...
Judge orders Columbus police to alter tactics for protests
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Police in Ohio's capital city ran “amok” last year when responding to demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality by using...
Mexico mayoral candidate runs despite DEA alert, warrant
MEXICO CITY — A candidate for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena is running for mayor of a cartel-plagued city in southern Mexico —...
U. of Illinois official to be next U. of Iowa president
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa's governing board on Friday picked the University of Illinois System's No. 2 official to be the...
Detroit ex-mayor’s pal wins release from prison years early
<p>DETROIT — A Detroit contractor who got millions of dollars of city work through extortion will be released early from prison, a judge said...
Statues to hatchet-wielding Colonial heroine reconsidered
<p>BOSTON — The fierce monuments honor an English colonist who, legend has it, slaughtered her Native American captors after the gruesome killing of her...
‘I’m still exhaling’: Swing-state voters on Biden’s 100 days
<p>ELM GROVE, Wis. — Standing on the sidelines of her son's soccer practice in this <a href="https://www.elmgrovewi.org/31/Our-Community">upscale suburb</a>, Laura Hahn looked skyward for answers...
Hail collapses roof over Mexico City’s main Aztec temple
<p>MEXICO CITY — The pre-Hispanic ruins of Mexico City’s Templo Mayor archaeological site suffered minor but reparable damage when large sections of a corrugated...