Most states require a simple majority vote to pass ballot measures. So did Florida, until a 2006 constitutional amendment passed, changing the threshold for voter approval to 60%. Ironically, it ...

With little discussion Wednesday, the Dallas City Council repealed an ordinance requiring three police officers per 1,000 ...

"I really do believe in civilian oversight, but I have to say our brand of police oversight with this committee was ill ...

The South Lake Union streetcar is now at the center of a Seattle City Council debate with multiple council members proposing ...

The City Council's transportation chair says it's time to "thoughtfully retire" the little-used South Lake Union streetcar ...

Only hours after Donald Trump was elected president, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement put gears in motion to ...

The Denver City Council unanimously — and quietly — approved a $4.4 billion budget for the city next year on Tuesday evening.

had sought to amend the budget by removing a proposed new step pay plan for some county employees and replacing it with a ...

The Town Council on Tuesday held off on spending another $220,000 for the design of planned Town Branch Stream Channel ...

It took U.S. Judge Stephen McGlynn 178 pages to explain why, but the bottom line is that the downstate federal judge has declared Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s highly touted assault-weapons ban ...

Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Congress Rajya Sabha member, discusses opposition to Waqf Bill in Frontline interview.

Lancaster Country Day School parents intend to sue the school Thursday over what they say is the administration’s lack of ...