Newsom Gives First State of the City Address
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In his first State of the City speech, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said it was time to move forward. &quot;I did not run for mayor to lead a city in retreat,&quot; he said.
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WASHINGTON - It was more pep rally than news conference, with the mayor and city officials wearing red Washington Senators caps, the ones with the curly "W" on the front.   "After 30 years of waiting and waiting and waiting," said Mayor Anthony Williams, adding dramatic pauses for emphasis, "and lots of hard work and more than a few prayers, there will be baseball in Washington in 2005!"   Baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years Wednesday, with an announcement from Major League Baseball that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season...
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Washington has opened what is believed to be the nation's first digital archives for state government, holding everything from birth records to the first election results in Washington Territory in 1854.
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WASHINGTON - It was more pep rally than news conference, with the mayor and city officials wearing red Washington Senators caps, the ones with the curly "W" on the front. Baseball returned to the nation's capital for the first time in 33 years Wednesday, with an announcement from Major League Baseball that the Montreal Expos will move to Washington next season...
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The appointment of this city's first inspector general is the latest in a list of government reforms since Hurricane Katrina &#151; one some observers say reflects the waning of the public's long-standing tolerance of political corruption and waste.
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Washington, DC (Sports Network) - Just two weeks after the Washington Nationals shut down business and promotional operations over a ballpark financing dispute, mayor Anthony A. Williams signed a funding bill Tuesday that officially brings major league
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Mayor Ray Nagin marked the first 100 days of his second term Tuesday by announcing the city will establish a department for dealing with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina and post weekly Web updates on the rebuilding.
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By Lucia Walinchus, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Sep. 8--AWENDAW -- More than 100 people packed the unairconditioned Town  Hall on Thursday night, many attempting to put a stop to the area's first big  housing development. It didn't work, as council rezoned the rural tract.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Jun. 9--On Monday, Destin's city councilors will have their first chance to discuss the latest plan for the future of the city's harbor area.
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By Mike Monson, The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.  Sep.
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District residents have renewed optimism about the direction of the city after Mayor Adrian M. Fenty's first year in office, and most say they expect his takeover of the public schools to improve the system, according to a new Washington Post poll. But those polled were less impressed by Fenty's...
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By Jeff Hood, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep.
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Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony  Williams will try to get financing for a Major League Baseball  stadium back on the city council agenda next week after the  council added a deal-breaking provision to the original bill,  the mayor's spokesman said on Thursday.
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Just when you&#39;re thinking, &quot;Boy, this town has to get up to speed on this&quot; ... around the first turn, there it was. Less than 24 hours after it was made official here, it was made official to the rest of the
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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom set a goal on Thursday of providing free wireless Internet activity in his city that sees itself as a vanguard of the Internet revolution.
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By Jannette Pippin, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Jun. 14--MOREHEAD CITY -- The ceremonial groundbreaking held Wednesday in Morehead City marked more than just the start of a new facility's construction.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Sep. 23--Destin is ahead of many Florida cities in planning for affordable housing, but other cities have something Destin doesn't, city committee member Nancy Weidenhamer says.