Congress ignores mayors' appeal on gun trace law
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A campaign by more than 200 U.S. mayors to repeal an amendment they say makes it harder for police to trace illegal firearms between states was dealt a setback in Congress on Thursday.
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By Michael Dresser, The Baltimore Sun  Dec. 11--If you were to walk around the Inner Harbor firing bullets wildly into the air, would you get a ticket and have your gun handed back the next day?   No way.
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By World Capitol Bureau  The measure was designed to protect owners of land devoted primarily to farming, ranching or forestry.   OKLAHOMA CITY -- Gov. Brad Henry has vetoed a measure that was designed to protect landowners from hunters who stray onto their properties.
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Police officials from across the  country on Wednesday warned that dangerous assault weapons will  flood U.S. streets if the ban on those guns expires next week  but Republican congressional leaders expressed no concerns  about letting the restriction lapse.
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Deficit projections have fueled speculation that the mayor will not call to renew a 7 percent property tax cut enacted by the City Council last year, but the mayor insisted that he did not think higher property taxes were in sight.
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By Shawn Cetrone, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 16--Statesville's proposed ordinance to ban panhandling will not face a second reading at the City Council meeting Monday night.
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By John Castellucci; Journal Staff Writer  An ordinance to acquire the historical structure to protect it from a developer fails to gain passage.
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A bold ballot initiative could make the city a pioneer in gun control. But will it cut crime, or simply infuriate the gun lobby?
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Â· Forensic scientists dismiss firearms residue discoveryÂ· Research used as basis to launch killer's appeal
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While Congress keeps debating immigration reform, cities are passing their own laws to try to deter undocumented workers from coming to town
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A 10-year-old ban on assault weapons  expired across the United States on Monday with a political  firefight but no apparent rush to rearm by gun enthusiasts.
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A federal judge rejected a request by prosecutors to send former District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry to jail for violating his probation in a criminal tax case.
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New York City has failed to collect on millions of dollars in water bills because of records riddled with errors and outdated information.
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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court unanimously refused on Monday to broaden the impact of a law that adds extra prison time to the sentences of drug traffickers who use a gun in carrying out their crimes.
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The police department's anti-terrorism chief was not authorized to carry the type of handgun that airport authorities seized during a routine search of his baggage last month, police said.
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Process  unfair in demolition order  By SUSAN BEEHLER  Mandan  Mandan city commissioners sure did not act neighborly when dealing with a retired veteran living on Social Security.
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A House of Representatives panel on Thursday rejected along party lines a Democratic bid to force the Bush administration to turn over records about the estimated cost of last year&#39;s Medicare drug bill.