Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The author represents District 6 on Charlotte City Council. The media and many civic ...

A California mayor who has since resigned has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of the People’s Republic of China and has agreed to plead guilty, according to federal prosecutors who say ...

LOS ANGELES — The mayor of the Los Angeles-area city of Arcadia has resigned and will plead guilty to illegally acting as an agent of China, officials said Monday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free ...

Seattle’s socialist mayor Katie Wilson is facing fierce blowback on social media after a 77-year-old man was seen on video being beaten by two individuals in a crime that was captured by ...

The live blog has ended. Candidates aiming to become Los Angeles' next mayor and succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom as California governor met in a debate double-header in LA.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles announced Thursday that she will not seek re-election in November 2027 and will resign early, effective June 30. Lyles is the Queen City's first Black female mayor. She has ...

HOUSTON – Houston Mayor John Whitmire has officially unveiled a $7.5 billion budget proposal aimed at addressing the city’s growing deficit, but the plan is already drawing sharp criticism and raising ...

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old mayor of New York City, who campaigned on making the city more affordable, is facing one of the hardest tests of leadership: delivering on ambitious promises despite ...

A Southern California mayor has been charged with operating as an illegal foreign agent on behalf of the Chinese government and resigned from her post, authorities announced. Eileen Wang, 58, who has ...

The 2026 Los Angeles mayoral election was largely expected to be sleepy and boring: It seemed for a while that reelection efforts for Mayor Karen Bass would be smooth sailing. But in a dramatic turn ...