RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Voters in Charlotte again elected Vi Lyles to lead North Carolina's largest city and residents of Durham and Chapel Hill chose new mayors during the final round of local elections in the state this fall.Lyles, a Democrat, was elected on Tuesday to a fourth term as ...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library director in a rural county in central Texas.“I'm kind of persona non grata around here,” said Baker, who had headed the ...
GREEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Voters in a Michigan community removed five local officials in a recall election fueled by opposition to a Chinese company's plan to make components for electric vehicle batteries.The Green Township supervisor, clerk, treasurer and two trustees — all Republicans ...
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A suburban Minnesota city became what is believed to be the first in the U.S. to elect a Somali American mayor when 27-year-old Nadia Mohamed was chosen to lead St. Louis Park.“This is a milestone. This is not the destination,” Mohamed told supporters after ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted late Tuesday to censure Democratic Rep. <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/rashida-tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a> of Michigan — the only Palestinian American in Congress — an extraordinary rebuke of her rhetoric about the <a ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Democratic Mayor <a href="https://apnews.com/article/business-indiana-indianapolis-government-and-politics-d2aca2ef646839a03988c71e4ca71019">Joe Hogsett</a> easily won a third term after an expensive race against a Republican ...