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• Weiner Facing Another Sexting Scandal
• Jul. 24, 2013
• Anthony D. Weiner’s improbable campaign for mayor was engulfed on Tuesday by a new scandal involving explicit online messages, imperiling his political resurrection two years after he resigned from Congress over similar behavior.

• Denver Auditor: 5% Marijuana Tax Rate Risks Black Market
• Jul. 24, 2013
• Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher disagrees with Mayor Michael Hancock's recreational marijuana tax target, arguing the city should seek a starting tax rate of 3.5 percent instead of the mayor's suggested 5 percent tax rate.

• Federal, Not State, Bankruptcy Judge to Take On Detroit Pension Case
• Jul. 23, 2013
• The contentious dispute between the City of Detroit and the city’s pension funds will be decided by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes in a federal courtroom and not in state court in Ingham County, Rhodes has declared.

• New Lights in Closed Chicago Schools Scrutinized
• Jul. 22, 2013
• Key members of the Chicago Infrastructure Trust called for school officials to provide more details on an energy efficient light project after a Tribune story Friday raised questions about why the trust would fund lights in schools that were just closed.

• Chicago's Bond Rating Takes a Big Hit
• Jul. 19, 2013
• Chicago's bond rating has taken a big hit, suffering the first downgrade in the two-year tenure of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was warned by financial analysts of the need to take drastic -- even politically daring -- actions to get his city's fiscal house in order.

• Chicago Schools to Lay Off More Than 2,000 Teachers, Staff
• Jul. 19, 2013
• Chicago Public Schools officials announced late Thursday that 2,113 teachers and other employees would be laid off Friday, largely due to a giant pension obligation increase that’s straining the system.

• More Retailers Join Wal-Mart in Urging Veto of D.C.'s 'Living Wage' Bill
• Jul. 18, 2013
• It’s not just Wal-Mart urging Mayor Vincent C. Gray to veto the “living wage” bill passed by the D.C. Council last week. Executives from six national retailers posted a letter to Gray Wednesday urging him to reject the bill, calling it “misguided” and “unfairly discriminatory” and saying it “does nothing to address the proposed goal of improving job quality and opportunity in the District.”

• Detroit's Pension Boards Sue to Block Cuts in Workers' Benefits
• Jul. 18, 2013
• Detroit’s two pension funds today sued emergency manager Kevyn Orr and Gov. Rick Snyder in an attempt to block Orr from slashing pension benefits for thousands of current and active city workers as part of his plan to restructure the city’s massive debt.

• Poll: Voters Approve of NYC’s Progress But Want Empathetic Mayor
• Jul. 18, 2013
• By a clear majority, the city’s voters say empathy is the most important trait in the next mayor, far more important than temperament, management experience, or the ability to recruit new businesses, according to a new poll by The New York Times and Siena College.

• Do Parking Minimums Hurt Housing Affordability?
• Jul. 18, 2013
• Some cities think they do, and are moving to change parking mandates to encourage more affordable apartments.

• Zimmerman Protests Test New L.A. Mayor
• Jul. 17, 2013
• Two weeks after being sworn in as mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti is facing the first big test of his leadership skills as he responds to outbreaks of vandalism and violence in the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

• Commentary
• Managing the Visionistas
• Jul. 17, 2013
• People who look at their cities and see extraordinary possibilities are a precious resource. Cultivating and handling them can be tricky.

• Bush-Era Education CFO Named Detroit Schools New Emergency Manager
• Jul. 16, 2013
• Jack Martin has been serving as Detroit's chief financial officer since spring 2012, when state intervention in city government began.

• Marijuana Legalization Measure Goes to Portland, Maine Voters
• Jul. 16, 2013
• Proponents of legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in Maine’s largest city evoked the controversial George Zimmerman verdict during a Monday news conference in Portland and said laws against pot are used to unfairly target blacks.

• Home to Highest Homeless Rate, Philly Lays Out Plan to Address it
• Jul. 12, 2013
• In an unusually frank document, the city has laid out stark statistical descriptions of poverty in Philadelphia, accompanied by a plan to try to deal with the problem.