Detroit mayor heckled by police officers at community meeting
DETROIT - A shouting match and high emotions caused Detroit Mayor Dave Bing to cancel a community meeting Thursday night...
Phoenix mayor 'tired' after living off food stamps for 4 days
Greg Stanton, the mayor of Phoenix, has been living on food stamps for a week to coincide with Hunger Awareness Month...
Kilpatrick trial resumes; ex-lawmaker is witness
DETROIT (AP) - The corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has resumed with a former state senator in the witness chair....
David Simon: HBO rejected spin-off of 'The Wire'
HBO's crime series 'The Wire' is widely hailed as one of the best (if not the best) television series of all time. But according to its creator, David Simon, the network passed on a spin-off series that would have explored the political career of the fictional Baltimore mayor Tommy Carcetti...
Kilpatrick pal says he passed $90K to ex-mayor
DETROIT (AP) - A college buddy who was granted immunity by federal prosecutors testified Tuesday that he delivered $90,000 in cash to Kwame Kilpatrick in 2008 while the former Detroit mayor's family was settling in Texas after his resignation...
Feds show cash trail at Detroit ex-mayor's trial
DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors are going right to the money in the first day of evidence at former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's corruption trial...
Corruption trial opens for former Detroit mayor
DETROIT (AP) - A prosecutor says former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lived a luxurious lifestyle funded by hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and kickbacks he received during his nearly seven years in office...
Trenton mayor arrested for corruption
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Federal agents arrested the mayor of New Jersey's capital city early Monday as part of an ongoing corruption investigation into bribery allegations related to a parking garage project...
Rahm Emanuel shifting to pro-Obama super PAC
WASHINGTON (AP) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is stepping down from his role as a national co-chair of President Barack Obama's campaign...
Charlotte mayor in spotlight as DNC begins
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Anthony Foxx had been mayor for barely a year when he got the news: Charlotte was chosen to host the Democratic National Convention...
