City politics

Several reporters claim the Washington, D.C., city council violated its own open meetings law when it ordered police to remove…

Newspaper reports about a rumor regarding a local city councilman’s personal relationship with a woman who received a “sweetheart deal”…

Eight Bell, Calif., city officials were arrested last week on corruption charges after public records requests and a subsequent investigation…

A federal judge ruled last week that a group of Texas cities cannot take part in a legal effort to…

Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino was ordered to turn over the computer and software of a senior aide after his…

To the lengthy list of Web sites blocked on city employees' computers in Vallejo, Calif., which so far includes pornography, social networking and…

The attorney general of Rhode Island filed a lawsuit against the city of Cranston on Wednesday over alleged violations of…

The Scranton Times-Tribune asked Lackawanna County Judge Robert A. Mazzoni to recuse himself from a libel case brought against the…

A bill introduced under the Public Information Act in Baltimore City is being referred to the subcommittee for amendments in…

Defiant and refusing to step down, embattled Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick continues to assert that records showing public funds financed…