Cities

Voters in San Francisco and Mountain View, California are voting on whether large companies like Twitter, Uber and Google should pay an extra tax to fund infrastructure and programs for the homeless.

A resident of Irvine, Calif., running for a city council seat has come under scrutiny for his alleged practice of dropping off his 86-year-old disabled mother to panhandle on local sidewalks.

Ed Pawlowski, the former mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in federal prison for rigging city contracts in order to raise cash for his campaigns for higher office.

President Trump made a surprise phone call to a North Carolina mayor Thursday to reassure him that the federal government was tracking Hurricane Florence and to open a line of communication between the two.

New York gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon pushes for single-payer healthcare. Government-run healthcare could lead to job loss.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel makes surprise announcement saying he will not seek re-election.

Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum, upset winner of Florida's Democratic gubernatorial primary, says his Republican opponent Ron DeSantis is taking a page from President Trump's political playbook.

Stockton rolls out a new initiative that would provide $500 a month to select families.

Mayor boycotts Sam Adams after its founder thanks Trump for tax cuts; reaction on 'The Greg Gutfeld Show.'

Rev. Gregory Livingston of Newhope Baptist Church in Chicago slams Mayor Rahm Emanuel's leadership.