The city of Atlanta will officially honor its former Mayor Shirley Franklin with a street and park renamed after the esteemed ...

A labor attorney for Union Pacific Railroad at the time, Council was trying to become the city’s first Black mayor. She was ...

Stella Kidd has been an integral part of "Chicago Fire" for quite some time, but this is the most we've ever learned about ...

Many Charlotte-area residents are familiar with some of the more notable figures in local Black history, people like Harvey Gantt, the first Black student accepted to enroll at Clemson University who ...

Chicago’s path to being a sanctuary city began more than 40 years ago. Here’s a look at the leaders and laws that have shaped Chicago’s involvement with the sanctuary movement.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s working on a new draft of the Anjanette Young ordinance, but wouldn’t say if it includes ...

Josh Kraft, a political newcomer who is running as a Democrat, said his top priority was addressing the city’s housing crisis ...

The mayor is laying out his priorities for the year. But what's not on the list are solutions to the big fiscal cliffs for ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori ... The former mayor was appointed by the Village of Dolton Board of Trustees to investigate Henyard in April of last year. She was tasked with launching a probe into ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot presented findings of ... calling the findings politically motivated as she seeks re-election. Community members packed the meeting hall, which was standing ...

The city had been relying on mutual aid from the state and county, both of which had staffing shortages, and a volunteer "Cadet Crew" that consisted mostly of teens and young adults led by active ...

Sam's death this week, first reported by Florida Politics, is a stunning loss. Though Sam, 72, never served as mayor, his death will be discussed in terms usually reserved for those chief executives.