Surprise after surprise popped up like explosions at two special Marco Island City Council meetings Monday, July 14. An audit explanation calling the fiscal year 2024 audit "clean" and saying there ...

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to ban the use of the N-word and C-word at public meetings — triggering free speech backlash and the threat of a $400 million lawsuit. The controversial ...

Speakers at Los Angeles City Council meetings will be banned from using the N-word and the C-word, the council decided Wednesday. The ban comes after years of tirades by a few speakers who attack ...

January marked the beginning of a new, voter-approved government in Portland, where city councilors no longer oversee city bureaus and instead focus on representing geographic districts. The ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to ban use of the N-word and the C-word during meetings in response to a recent increase in abusive or offensive language from a handful of people who ...

A Tennessee judge ruled last week that members of the Chattanooga City Council repeatedly violated the state’s public meetings law during the process of creating new voting districts for future city ...

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The Ventura City Council meetings will move to Ventura College's Wright Event Center, at 57 Day Road. The City Council meetings will start Aug. 19 at the event center. The city is remodeling portions ...

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council approved new rules Wednesday banning speakers from using a racial slur and an obscene term for a woman during council and committee meetings. In a 14-0 vote, ...