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He hasn't formally announced he's a candidate yet, but a new Field Poll shows California Attorney General Jerry Brown already has a strong lead in next year's governor's race. Brown's Democratic rival, San Francisco Mayor ...

A mayor in New Jersey is expected to announce his resignation Friday in connection with a corruption scandal plaguing the state.

The mayors of two New Jersey cities and a state legislator are under arrest today as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy probe.

The mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, has been quarantined in China after possible exposure to the H1N1 virus, his office said Sunday.

Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 18 other officials Tuesday for allegedly protecting one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacan.

Soldiers and federal agents fanned out across President Felipe Calderon's native state to carry out the operation, which an expert called a blow to politicians tied to traffickers in Michoacan.

Indicted mayor of Jackson, Miss., dies less than two days after losing bid for a second term in office,

A Venezuelan mayor who says President Hugo Chavez is persecuting him on trumped-up corruption charges has gone to Peru, that nation's foreign minister said Tuesday.

Mayor Dennis Walaker drove his GMC truck along a temporary earthen dike in north Fargo, scanning the dirt mounds for leaks.

President Barack Obama announced fresh aid to struggling homeowners in California Thursday, playing a bit of divide-and-conquer by pitting his Republican critics in Washington against GOP governors and mayors eager for the federal money.

The San Francisco mayor and gubernatorial hopeful gets sidetracked discussing hair gel with Ryan Seacrest, but rebounds with his stance on same-sex marriage: 'Separate is not equal.'

Gavin Newsom may be running for governor of California, but "American Idol" host Ryan Seacrest had something else in mind during his Tuesday morning radio chat with the San Francisco mayor: "What is that product that you put in your slick, shiny hair?"