Voters head to the polls Tuesday to select their mayor for the next 7 1/2 months in a runoff election seen as key to restoring stability to Detroit amid a bleak fiscal situation.

Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl has apologized for a television ad in which he takes credit for cutting two taxes that were required to be cut by a state team that oversees the city’s finances.

Venezuela’s National Assembly has approved a law that gives control over the budget of an opposition-run city to an official appointed by President Hugo Chavez.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s campaign ads are already all over television and radio, and now they’ll be popping up online as well.

A Michigan mayor says a warning wasn’t enough after he was stopped for speeding. So he asked for a ticket instead _ and got it.

The embattled mayor of Mississippi’s largest city is suing to get back on the ballot for a Democratic primary in May.

The controversial mayor of Mississippi’s largest city, already facing a federal civil rights trial, has been barred by a Democratic committee from seeking re-election this year.

The former chief of staff to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from jail after serving 69 days for obstruction of justice.

The former chief of staff to ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is expected to walk free sometime early Monday after spending more than two months jail for obstruction of justice.

The mayor of Philadelphia drew some special attention when he named three lawyers he said owed more than $350,000 combined in back taxes, interest and penalties.