for the first time [ever], the City elected the first, female majority [three Councilmembers plus the mayor] – and it only took 63 years.” Next, Miller recommended they seek out what connects ...

Perry was the first African American woman in Jacksonville and the state ... Brown, who served as mayor of Jacksonville from 2011 to 2015, was the first African American to be elected to that ...

has been sworn in as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly, becoming the first Sikh lawmaker in the state’s history. Singh, 40, took the oath of office surrounded by family on January 30.

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Eric Adams’ lawyer asked, top officials in President Donald Trump's Justice Department agreed, ...

They don’t call Atlanta the Black Mecca for no reason. Nestled in the middle of the red state of Georgia, Atlanta is not only ...

Debbie Nash-King has overcome poverty, domestic violence, and other adversities to become a pillar of strength and leadership in her community.

Henry L. Marsh III, the first Black mayor of Richmond and a figure who embodied the rise of African American power in the city, died Thursday night at 91. Marsh, a civil rights lawyer, was ...

"I was there for duty," she said, while other "people were there for power." When Bélisle was elected in 2021, she was the first female mayor of the fourth largest city in Quebec. But just over two ...

News is honoring Black history this February, which includes the achievements of Charlene Marshall, the former mayor of ...

ORANGE, Ohio -- When Mayor Judson Kline took office in January ... Both of those promises have been fulfilled, Kline said in his first State of the Village address, which he shared during the ...

JEA is ready to make record-high contributions to the city of Jacksonville in a proposed agreement negotiated by Mayor Donna Deegan and the city-owned utility. JEA has contributed to the city's ...