One New York: Working for Our Neighborhoods - Mayor de Blasio Reports on the...
(Source: City of New York, NY) February 4, 2016 One New York: Working For Our Neighborhoods address to focus on inequality, quality of life and NYC as the global leader in the 21st century economy NEW...
View ArticleForum for Baltimore mayoral candidates shows difference in vision, style
Five of the leading Democrats vying to become Baltimore's next mayor shared their visions Thursday, including state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh's push to put ex-prisoners to work rebuilding the city and...
View ArticleNewport Beach mayor outlines vision for 'doing the right thing'
For newly appointed Newport Beach Mayor Diane Dixon, being on the City Council means more than casting a vote on a single issue. Dixon became mayor in December, about a year after being elected to the...
View Article'I Am Running for Mayor of Baltimore'
I love Baltimore. This city has made me the man that I am. Like an old friend, I've seen it at its best and its most challenged. From Ms. Rainey's second grade class at Rosemont Elementary School to...
View ArticleDoes Baltimore Need DeRay Mckesson?
Last week, I co-moderated a forum of Democrats running for mayor of Baltimore. We had 11 candidates, a feisty standing-room-only audience, more than two feet of snow on the ground—and a potential...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Running for Mayor of Baltimore
A Baltimore activist who made a name for himself as a Black Lives Matter protester has thrown his hat in the ring for Mayor of Baltimore. DeRay Mckesson, who has been everywhere pushing...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Activist Announces Bid for Baltimore Mayor
Prominent Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson will join the race for Mayor of Baltimore, he announced on Wednesday. Mckesson, 30, stepped into the already-crowded mayoral contest just minutes...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activist enters Baltimore mayoral race
Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson launched his bid to become mayor of Baltimore roughly 10 minutes before the deadline. The last-minute entry surprised many as it leaves the candidate only 83 days...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter activist jumps into Baltimore mayoral fray
DeRay Mckesson, whose activism over the last year and a half has vaulted him from obscure Twitter sage to a political force in the national Black Lives Matter movement, announced Wednesday that he...
View ArticleWhat Are Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay's Chances Of Being Mayor?
Prominent Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson announced late Wednesday he's making a run for mayor of Baltimore. Mckesson reportedly filed just minutes before the deadline, making him the 13th...
View ArticleBlack Lives Matter Protester Running For Baltimore Mayor
DeRay Mckesson, a Black Lives Matter protester, is running for mayor of Baltimore. Mckesson traveled to protests against police in Ferguson and other cities where unrest and riots broke out in poor...
View ArticleRose Center for Public Leadership Working with Mayor Garcia on Boeing C-17...
(Source: NLC - National League of Cities) LONG BEACH, CALIF. (February 9, 2016) - The Rose Center for Public Leadership, jointly operated by the National League of Cities (NLC) and the Urban Land...
View ArticleLondon Mayoral candidates go head to head on tech and digital (techUK)
(Source: techUK) Yesterday, the five leading candidates in the race for the London Mayoral election took part in a major tech hustings at DebateTech in Here East. techUK, together with Tech London...
View ArticleMayor Lee Protects Tenants at Five Properties at Risk of Real Estate...
(Source: City and County of San Francisco, CA) Mayor Lee Protects Tenants at Five Properties at Risk of Real Estate Speculation & Makes Properties Permanently Affordable Mayor Edwin M. Lee today...
View ArticleMayoral candidates go head to head on tech and digital (techUK)
(Source: techUK) Yesterday, the five leading candidates in the race for the London Mayoral election conducted a tech hustings at DebateTech in Here East. Yesterday techUK, together with Tech London...
View ArticleLatino leaders to endorse Pugh for Baltimore mayor
Latino business, civic and religious leaders plan to endorse state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh for mayor of Baltimore Saturday afternoon. Those endorsing Pugh, among others, include Enrique Ribadeneira,...
View ArticleBaltimore mayoral candidate DeRay McKesson releases plan for city
Black Lives Matter activist and mayoral candidate offers comprehensive plan for city, with focus on police reform, education and youth development...
View ArticleDeRay Mckesson's Baltimore challenge: turning online fame into mayoral votes
The Black Lives Matter advocate and candidate for mayor is more associated with Ferguson and Twitter than roots in Baltimore where ‘his relationships are thin’...
View ArticleHere's How DeRay Mckesson Plans To Change Baltimore As Mayor
WASHINGTON -- After jumping into the Baltimore mayoral race and raising over $77,000 in nine days, prominent civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson released pieces of his mayoral platform on Friday....
View ArticleElizabeth Embry joins TV ad race for Baltimore mayor
Elizabeth Embry, one of a 13 Democratic candidates for Baltimore mayor, joined the TV ad race over the weekend with an ad titled "Focused Future." She joins fellow candidates David Warnock and...
View ArticleCatherine Pugh releases education plan, calls for mayoral control of...
Mayoral candidate Catherine E. Pugh, a state senator, released an education plan Monday that calls for returning Baltimore's schools to mayoral control, increasing funding and conducting a system-wide...
View ArticleBaltimore City Green Party To Hold Contested 3-Way Mayoral Election (Green...
(Source: Green Party of the United States) The Baltimore Green Party will be holding a contested 'primary'* between three candidates for mayor, Emanuel McCray, Joshua Harris and David Marriott. The...
View ArticleDel. Jill Carter endorses Sen. Catherine Pugh for Baltimore mayor
State Del. Jill P. Carter, who had been considering a run for Baltimore mayor, on Tuesday endorsed state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh for the city's top job. "Today, I enthusiastically endorse Catherine Pugh...
View ArticleBaltimore mayoral candidates court students at Mervo forum
Some of Baltimore's leading mayoral candidates fielded questions Wednesday from potential constituents — many of whom can't yet vote. City Councilmen Carl Stokes and Nick Mosby, businessman and...
View ArticleDeRay Mckesson Faces First Test Of Mayoral Campaign At Baltimore Forum
BALTIMORE -- Prominent civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson made his first appearance Tuesday as a candidate in Baltimore's mayoral race in front of a room packed with at least 300 people. The...
View ArticleVewiser Dixon's ambitious vision: make inner-city Kansas City a 'black...
For Vewiser Dixon, a successful career in business has always been as much about helping others as about making money. In addition to pursuing his own business ventures, Mr. Dixon has spent his time,...
View ArticleWhy DeRay Mckesson Is Running for Baltimore Mayor
Michael B. Thomas / AFP / Getty DeRay Mckesson, the high-profile activist affiliated with the civil-rights protest movement Black Lives Matter, wants to be mayor of Baltimore. Mckesson entered the race...
View ArticleUnions endorse Catherine Pugh for Baltimore mayor, City Council candidates
The Service Employees International Union's Maryland and DC State Council has endorsed State Sen. Catherine E. Pugh for mayor of Baltimore. The umbrella organization represents six SEIU local unions of...
View ArticleMayoral forum focuses on Golden 1 Center, other broad topics
The four candidates vying for Sacramento mayor shared the stage for just the second time, addressing a broad range of questions on downtown development, homelessness, gay rights and public safety....
View ArticleBaltimore mayoral forum highlights candidates' visions for environmental,...
At the end of a mayoral forum Thursday on environmental matters facings Baltimore, 8-year-old twins Christopher and Lenaya Conyers walked up to the microphone to ask the candidates what plans they have...
View ArticleIn South Carolina primary, young black voters weigh their choice
Montoi Dixon knows the old guard says to vote for Hillary. She’s had President Obama’s back, and is a logical successor – and another potential history-maker. And, yeah, he knows the old saw: Bill...
View ArticleFormer Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon gets money boost from John Paterakis
Former Mayor Sheila Dixon, who has led in polling but trails Pugh in fundraising, recently got a boost when business leaders held a fundraiser for her at developer John Paterakis Sr.’s Marriott...
View ArticleBaltimore's Three Mayoral Candidates Agree To Participate In Two Forums; Open...
(Source: Green Party of the United States) Baltimore, MD: Yesterday, the Open Society Institute and additional co-sponsors and hosts of two upcoming mayoral debates reversed themselves and decided to...
View ArticleCatherine Pugh releases public safety plan for Baltimore
Democratic mayoral contender and state Sen. Catherine E. Pugh released an 11-page public safety plan Thursday that includes strategies to address ex-offender re-entry, officer retention efforts and...
View ArticleSheila Dixon calls for $15 minimum wage for Baltimore workers, increased job...
Former Mayor Sheila Dixon on Tuesday released a 19-page plan to improve economic development in Baltimore that includes a $15 hourly minimum wage for city workers, a $21 million investment in job...
View ArticleMayoral candidates share similar visions for addressing Baltimore housing woes
First in an occasional series of articles about issues in the Baltimore mayor's race. Democrats vying to become Baltimore's next mayor each say they would intensify efforts to create affordable...
View ArticleWhat's In DeRay Mckesson's 26-Page Vision For Baltimore
DeRay Mckesson dropped a 26-page plan on Monday explaining how, exactly, he intends to better Baltimore as the city’s mayor. The activist, who is prominent in the Black Lives Matter movement, was the...
View ArticleState of the City Remarks by Mayor de Blasio, as Prepared for Delivery (City...
(Source: City of New York, NY) February 4, 2016 One New York: Working for Our Neighborhoods Thank you to everyone here tonight, everyone watching at home, and all our friends here at Lehman College....
View ArticleAfter White House meeting, President Obama praises mayoral candidate DeRay...
It's not every day a Baltimore mayoral candidate gets a sit-down meeting with the president of the United States. DeRay Mckesson, the prominent activist and last-minute entrant into Baltimore's mayoral...
View ArticleDeRay Mckesson makes debate debut as 24 candidates take stage in Baltimore...
The more than two dozen candidates running for Baltimore mayor welcomed a new competitor to the debate stage Tuesday at The Belvedere Hotel -- prominent activist DeRay Mckesson, a last-minute addition...
View ArticleFinal Property Purchased for New Saint Paul Park Near Green Line (The Trust...
(Source: The Trust for Public Land) The third and final property near Griggs Street and University Avenue in Saint Paul has been purchased and secured for a new nearly 5-acre park in the Midway...
View ArticleNick Mosby outlines housing plan for Baltimore mayoral campaign
Baltimore mayoral candidate and City Councilman Nick J. Mosby released a wide-ranging housing plan Thursday with a strategy for combating lead paint, rapidly rehousing homeless and replacing the...
View ArticleLeveraging Investments in Neighborhood Corridors (City of Baltimore, MD)
(Source: City of Baltimore, MD) Leveraging Investments in Neighborhood Corridors strategy is an interagency effort which focuses on revitalizing the major corridors that connect Baltimore City's...
View ArticleMayor Kasim Reed Celebrates the Groundbreaking of New Residential Housing in...
(Source: City of Atlanta, GA) Mayor Kasim Reed Celebrates the Groundbreaking of New Residential Housing in the Heart of Downtown Atlanta Mayor's Office of Communications 55 Trinity Avenue, Suite 2500 •...
View ArticleTranscript: Mayor Patrick Madden Delivers 2016 State of the City Address...
(Source: City of Troy, NY) All news February 05, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: John Salka, Deputy Director of Public Information John.Salka@troyny.gov / (518) 279-7131 Mayor Patrick Madden...
View ArticleGovernor Baker, Mayor Walsh Announce Joint Community Redevelopment Venture in...
(Source: The Office of the Governor of the State of Massachusetts) BOSTON - Today as part of the Baker-Polito Administration's 'Open for Business' Real Estate Asset Leveraging (REAL) Strategy, Governor...
View ArticleRose Center for Public Leadership Working with Long Beach Mayor on Boeing...
(Source: ULI - Urban Land Institute) View of Long Beach. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Panel of Interdisciplinary Experts to Advise Long Beach as Part of Yearlong Fellowship Program For more...
View ArticleBaltimore mayoral candidates clash on police, inequality issues at OSI forum
The issues racial and economic inequality were front and center at Wednesday's mayoral forum at Pleasant Hope Baptist Church in North Baltimore – as candidates clashed over everything from mayoral...
View ArticleBaltimore mayoral candidates to take part in first-ever forum on arts and...
Baltimore voters can get an idea of how candidates in the mayoral race stack up when it comes to issues of the arts and culture in the city. All registered candidates have been invited to take part in...
View ArticleMayoral candidate Embry releases plan for job growth in Baltimore
Mayoral candidate Elizabeth Embry on Thursday released an 18-page plan she says will spur job growth in Baltimore. The plan calls for partnering with businesses to expand apprenticeships, requiring...
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