The Latest Breaking News from Council

"It would also include a fanzone in Market Square utilising the council big screen for live coverage of the rally and possible static displays and family activities."

The different rules for black cabs versus private hires on George Street "makes no sense," a taxi boss told councillors.

A risky investment strategy and ‘unconscious incompetence’ at Thurrock council in Essex led to a financial meltdown.

Councillors agreed a new governance structure that will make the process quicker.

For the past half-year, a small group of leading scholars has been quietly meeting to envision a less broken version of Los Angeles city government.

Lexington city officials continue their efforts to recruit and retain public safety workers. A council committee got a briefing earlier this week.

In January, opposition from police union allies on the City Council allies forced then-Finance Committee Chair Scott Waguespack to yank the $1 million settlement to the mother of Sharrell Brown off the agenda. But Wednesday, it passed with little or no debate.

In one of the more predictable rites of spring at the United Nations, the Security Council has elected, or actually selected, five new non-permanent members to serve on the powerful 15-member council. While this year's contest lacked some of the drama, debate and deliberation of the past, there were some…

The president of the Los Angeles City Council says he will file a motion to suspend a councilman charged with embezzlement, perjury and other crimes in the latest scandal among leadership of the nation’s second-largest city