New York City mayor memorializes Eric Garner on 10th anniversary of his death
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) on Wednesday marked 10 years since the death of Eric Garner, a black man killed by police in 2014, calling his death a “painful chapter in the history” of the city. “Today marks 10 years since the tragic death of Eric Garner. The events that occurred on July […]
Paris Mayor Swims in Seine River to Prove Safety Ahead of Olympics
PARIS (AP) — After months of anticipation, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo bathed in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host the 2024 Olympic swimming events and the opening ceremony on the same river, scheduled for nine days later. Clad in a wetsuit and goggles, Hidalgo […]
Paris mayor swims in Seine River to prove it’s clean ahead of Olympic Games
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo swam in the long-polluted Seine on Wednesday, fulfilling a promise to show the river is clean enough to host Olympic swimming events. Since 2015, $1.5 billion has been spent to clean up the Seine, building a huge underground reservoir in central Paris, upgrading sewer infrastructure, and upgrading wastewater treatment plants. The […]
Tim Scott fires back after Milwaukee mayor says he doesn’t ‘buy’ the idea that Trump surging with Black voters
MILWAUKEE — Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is pushing back after Milwaukee’s Democratic mayor said he “can’t believe it” when asked about former President Donald Trump’s popularity among black voters. “You have to buy it on November 5th. You’re going to sell it,” Scott told Fox News at the Republican National Convention in […]
Milwaukee mayor says he has confidence in law enforcement ahead of convention
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson (Democrat) said she has confidence in the police officers who will be dispatched to this week’s Republican National Convention, where former President Donald Trump is set to be formally nominated as the party’s presidential candidate following the assassination attempt on him over the weekend. Asked on CNN on Sunday if he […]
Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council
City council members have raised concerns about the next steps of Mayor Eric Adams’ groundbreaking “City of Yes” plan to build thousands of apartments in the East Bronx, arguing the chosen area lacks critical infrastructure. Councillors last week sounded the alarm over a Bronx Metro-North district plan that would add 7,500 new housing units along […]
NYC Mayor Adams wants to roll back and ‘correct’ sanctuary policy: ‘Previous administration made a big mistake’
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (Democrat) recently doubled down on his comments about repealing the city’s sanctuary policies that are a magnet for illegal immigrants. SI Live report. Adams announced Tuesday that she supports a bill introduced by the Common Sense Caucus, a bipartisan group of New York City Council members, that would repeal […]
Georgia woman Brooke Huckaby becomes youngest female mayor in state history
Brooke Huckabee is bucking Gen Z’s apparent trend of apolitical disinterest in her quest to become the youngest woman elected mayor in Georgia’s history. Now she encourages other young Americans to get involved in the political process. “I’m really concerned that a lot of people my age aren’t engaged with the economy or politics or […]
Youngest female mayor in US history — a Trump-supporting college student in Georgia — chats about governing small town
The youngest woman to hold the office of mayor in U.S. history is quickly learning how to balance her personal and political life in a small southern Georgia town. Last November, Brooke Huckabee was elected mayor of Arabi, Georgia, a tiny town of fewer than 450 people about 150 miles south of Atlanta. She took […]
Dem mayor blasted for ‘ridiculously’ blaming deceased GOP president for deadly July 4 weekend gun violence
The Richard Nixon Foundation and Many Conservatives Social mediaChicago’s Democratic mayors are fighting back against Mayor Brandon Johnson after he appeared to place some of the blame for the weekend shootings in his city on former President Richard Nixon, who died 30 years ago. “What we experienced over the weekend is unacceptable and we didn’t […]