The Latest Breaking News from City Council

City Council President Ed Flynn called for second parade at 1pm on Saturday to be cancelled

Lexington city leaders are considering changes to the current noise ordinance. A City Council committee this week received a presentation on potential modifications to the ordinance.

Minneapolis City Council members have narrowly passed a measure that would establish a minimum wage for Uber and Lyft drivers

Snelling’s appointment by Mayor Brandon Johnson must be confirmed by the City Council. Before that crucial vote, he is expected to be introduced to Chicago residents — and face questions — during at least one public hearing.

After a Capital & Main and ProPublica investigation found that landlords were turning low-cost housing into tourist hotels, the city ordered some building owners to comply with the law.

More than 8 in 10 people charged by state troopers since they began helping Austin police have been people of color. In Southeast Austin, a neighborhood president calls it “outright racial profiling.”

All three candidates running in the Nov. 7, 2023, general election for Tucson City Council Ward 2 — Incumbent Paul Cunningham (D), Ernie Shack (R),  and M. Pendleton Spicer (Libertarian Party) — completed Ballotpedia’s Candidate Connection survey. These survey responses allow voters to hear directly from candidates about what motivates them to run…

A rising star in a more progressive Chicago City Council, Fuentes shared her inspirational story hoping it will blaze a positive trail for young people making destructive choices. “I got lucky to have people who introduced me to a world of organizing and movement,” Fuentes told the Sun-Times.

Inspector General Deborah Witzburg said Thursday that whenever there is a state of emergency and a haste to deliver financial aid, there is an inevitable shortage of oversight that invites abuse.