Buttigieg was one of 100 mayors to sign the Cities Open Internet Pledge while in office, which required internet providers doing business with those part of the pledge to follow principles of net neutrality. Biden has not said much on net neutrality recently, but he has previously positioned ...
While lacking name recognition outside Florida, Messam told CNN that under his leadership, the city of Miramar has passed living wage legislation and has made great strides recovering from Hurricane Irma. He has also filed a lawsuit against the state so local mayors can advocate for gun control ...
The sprawling Democratic field features candidates ranging in age from 37 to 89; liberals and moderates; senators, governors and mayors; and an unprecedented number of women and minorities. Democrats view the upcoming election as a must-win, and they’re looking to nominate someone who is their...
He supports LGBT rights and was the first San Antonio mayor to serve as the grand marshal of the city's Pride Parade in 2009 and joined mayors across the country in signing the "Mayors for the Freedom to Marry" petition for same-sex marriage equality in 2012. ...
(Colorado), and Jay Inslee (Washington), along with former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. The new growth sector seems to be mayors, with New York City’s Bill de Blasio, South Bend, Indiana’s Pete Buttigieg, L.A.’s Garcetti, and New Orleans’s Mitch Landrieu all thoug...
200 Socialist Party members held public office in 340 cities, including 79 mayors in cities such as Milwaukee, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Reading and Schenectady. Many cities had socialist newspapers. TheAppeal to Reason, based in Kansas, had national circulation of over 500,000....
Mayors also have a dismal record when it comes to presidential races (see Rudy Giuliani in 2008). Plus there’s a potentially large cohort of former municipal leaders in the 2020 candidate pool. “I fixed potholes; I can fix America’s potholes,” could become a common refrain and a hard...
The Democratic mayors of three of America’s largest cities are all contending with the challenges of a crippling migrant crisis — but they were quick to shift blame to Republicans, not the Biden White House. “We have not had substantive immigration reform policy since I was in high school...
The Democratic mayors of three of America’s largest cities are all contending with the challenges of a crippling migrant crisis — but they were quick to shift blame to Republicans, not the Biden White House. “We have not had substantive immigration ...
The Democratic mayors of three of America’s largest cities are all contending with the challenges of a crippling migrant crisis — but they were quick to shift blame to Republicans, not the Biden White House. “We have not had substantive immigration reform policy since I was in high school...