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After voters approved an array of new measures in November, leaders officially ushered in change on Monday night. Here’s how ...

Fort Worth Police Chief Neil Noakes plans to retire in May of 2025 after more than two decades with the department.

Does Mayor Lucas’ use of non-profit Mayors Corps of Progress for travel, versus for economic development, skirt city’s gift ...

Carla Miller, who is a special adviser to Deegan and previously spent years as the city's ethics director, said the ...

Luis Mc Arthur, a retiring police commander, will take mayoral reins for Ventura County's largest city as a political ...

It cost $23,518 for Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas, a top aide and two police officers on his security detail to attend the ...

Retiring staff whom the city recognized included Howes, with 35 years; Dreger, with 43 years; Rhonda Penner, with 25 years, ...