New York City Council members, largely unemployed with any real job, voted Thursday to pay themselves more than U.S. senators or most state governors. The 18.2% raise would boost their salaries to $175,000, far more than almost any of them earned before being elected, or ever hoped to earn again. The quadrennial advisory committee, which … Read more
Local news The deadlocked no vote and arrests in council chambers marked a dramatic budget season that ended this week. Boston City Councilman Ed Flynn speaks during a meeting in early June where council members discussed Mayor Michelle Wu’s budget proposal. Erin Clark/The Boston Globe The Boston City Council on Wednesday approved Mayor Michelle Wu’s … Read more
Local news The council chose to postpone a vote on Mayor Wu’s controversial operating budget proposal, saying they needed more time to work through the amendments. Boston City Councilman Minyard Culpepper addresses members of the public during a meeting on June 3, 2026, where council members voted in favor of Boston Public Schools’ contentious budget. … Read more
The Democratic-controlled Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a measure that would make local taxpayers pay more to keep the city’s lights running amid a rash of copper wire theft. Councilors argued that current funding for routine streetlight maintenance is insufficient, and that more money is needed to cover permanent repairs as copper wire … Read more
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, a 96-year-old Holocaust survivor, believes he has outlived the time when anyone would fear entering or leaving a house of worship. Four months ago, that belief evaporated in an instant. In November, protesters outside Park East Synagogue, Rabbi Schneier’s congregation in Manhattan, literally crossed the line. Instead of remaining behind a designated … Read more
Fuhgeddabout keeping it civil. A New Jersey coastal town meeting exploded into a verbal brawl fit for reality TV, with council members calling the town’s mayor a “huge piece of idiot” and a “despicable sociopath” while responding with blistering insults. A heated biweekly meeting in Toms River turned into a four-and-a-half-hour, profanity-laced rant last week … Read more
Jeff Probst giveth, and Jeff Probst taketh away. “Survivor 50” is finally here, and along with its XXL-sized, three-hour premiere came one tragic Tribal Council. After a brutal immunity challenge that had the tribes crawling through mud and climbing up a wall, “Survivor 48” winner Kyle Fraser found himself with a ruptured Achilles tendon — … Read more
(BCN) – An American Muslim civil rights group announced Monday that it helped secure the release of British journalist and political analyst Sami Hamdi from a federal immigration detention center. Hamdi, managing director of The International Interest, a geopolitical consulting magazine, was arrested on October 26 at San Francisco International Airport while in the middle … Read more
Note: The video above shows election results before the City Council races were called. DENVER (KDVR) — Change appears to be coming to Aurora’s municipal government, as progressives picked up several City Council seats and ousted three conservatives, including one of the council members most supportive of Trump. Tuesday’s election saw a nationwide push toward … Read more
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin voters on Tuesday rejected Proposition Q put forward by their city council, which would have raised property tax rates in order to fund some city services. A city spokesperson said in a statement that the City Council would not be able to “move forward with the approved budget.” “The City Manager … Read more