Dem. Mayors: Cities Can't Afford Bush
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Cities are taking the hardest hits from the Republican administration's domestic policies, Democratic mayors say.
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The so-called "living-wage" ordinance that would have required mega-retailers here to pay their workers higher wages was successfully turned back Wednesday as supporters on the City Council could not muster enough votes to override Mayor Richard Daley's veto.
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A mayor whose administration is under federal investigation. An alderman who just got hit with a federal bribery charge. Four politicians who served time for corruption and want their old jobs back.
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It's not out of the question, analysts say. His money and track record as mayor could help.
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DC Mayor Anthony A. Williams has persuaded seven of the council&#39;s 13 members to line up in support of his baseball financing plan by slipping more than $70 million in
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Mayor Kent Forbes has learned a hard truth about small-town life in Iowa: Sometimes it stinks.
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MASON CITY, Iowa Wesley Clark told about 100 Democrats at the Mason City Airport this afternoon that President George W. Bush has failed the country, and he urged Democrats to woo uncommitted voters to back John Kerry in Tuesday&#39;s election.
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In an interview on WTOP radio, Mayor Anthony A. Williams said a deal to bring baseball to D.C. is "close to dying" but can still be realized with more hard work.
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By Douglas Fischer  President Bush's budget has been criticized for many shortcomings -- on education, global warming, alternate fuels.
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By The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 25--Legislators have never trusted mayors or county commissioners to raise a local sales tax for transit.   But, apparently, they'll trust these local officials to OK or veto a nuclear power plant -- unilaterally.
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WASHINGTON The mayor of the nation&#39;s capital says his own political capital is on the line as the city council decides if baseball returns to Washington.
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Mayor Adrian Fenty began making good this week on one of his signature campaign promises, proposing to spend $117 million a year to create or preserve 10,000 units of affordable housing. To make it work, Fenty would provide city-owned land at a discount to developers who promise to set aside 30...
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WASHINGTON - The nation&#39;s governors urged President Bush on Wednesday to spare states the costs of Medicaid in an effort to reduce the federal deficit.
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City officials are considering billing the campaigns of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry for more than &#36;200,000 to cover police department costs for visits by the candidates, their running mates and spouses.
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Democrats are pressing ahead with long-sought budget hikes for domestic programs but are running into veto threats from President Bush, who's trying to regain his footing on spending.
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A New Underwood woman says she can&#39;t afford Republican senatorial candidate John Thune&#39;s support of President Bush&#39;s Medicare prescription drug plan.
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By The San Diego Union-Tribune  Feb. 21--     Mayor Jerry Sanders says it's essential that San Diegans  pay an additional $430 million in water and sewer fees over the next four  years.