Mia Love hits the national stage at RNC
theGRIO REPORT - Mia Love, the 36-year-old black Mormon woman running for a U.S. House seat in Utah, officially launched onto the national stage Tuesday night...
Rahm Emanuel: Helping isn’t ‘snitching’
CHICAGO - After a particularly violent weekend in Chicago, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a message for anyone involved in the shootings that left nine people killed and 37 injured: Stop the culture of silence...
Booker weighs 2013 bid for NJ gov
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey Democratic county chairman said Friday that Newark Mayor Cory Booker told him he's mulling a gubernatorial run against Gov. Chris Christie in 2013...
Phoenix mayor breaks nose at WNBA practice
PHOENIX (AP) - A feel-good story and a photo opportunity left Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton with a broken nose....
Detroit mayor to critics: 'We inherited a hell hole'
DETROIT – For Dave Bing, a pro basketball hall of famer and successful business owner, his time as the Detroit’s mayor has been as tumultuous as any since the early days of the man whom city hall is named after: Coleman A. Young...
San Francisco mayor ends stop-frisk consideration
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday he was no longer considering a tactic that would allow police to stop and frisk suspicious people in an effort to get weapons off San Francisco streets....
Philly mayor on PA voter ID law: 'A bad solution looking for a problem'
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter criticized Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, describing it as 'a bad solution looking for a problem'...
Dems pick first Hispanic for convention keynote
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marking a first for Hispanics, the Democratic party has chosen the mayor of San Antonio to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention...
Marion Barry is still most beloved politician in Washington DC
WASHINGTON - Take one look at the recent Washington Post poll of District residents and you will see Marion Barry staring you in the face...
FBI seeks evidence against mayor of Trenton, NJ
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - FBI agents are seeking evidence of bribery, fraud, extortion and money laundering as they investigate the mayor of New Jersey's capital city...
