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• Despite Wal-Mart's Threat, D.C. Council Approves 'Living Wage' Bill
• Jul. 11, 2013
• D.C. lawmakers gave final approval Wednesday to a bill requiring some large retailers to pay their employees a 50 percent premium over the city’s minimum wage, a day after Wal-Mart warned that the law would jeopardize its plans in the city.

• Wal-Mart Gives D.C. Ultimatum over 'Living Wage' Bill
• Jul. 10, 2013
• The world’s largest retailer delivered an ultimatum to District lawmakers Tuesday, telling them less than 24 hours before a decisive vote that at least three planned Wal-Marts will not open in the city if a super-minimum-wage proposal becomes law.

• New L.A. Mayor Asks City Department Heads to Reapply for Jobs
• Jul. 9, 2013
• Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has asked the top managers of 35 city agencies and departments to reapply for their jobs. Executives overseeing parks, libraries, airports and a host of other city-run services are being told they will have to demonstrate how their agencies will become more nimble, technologically savvy and responsive to Los Angeles residents or risk losing their jobs.

• Major Insurer's Opposition to Emergency Manager's Plan Puts Detroit Closer to Bankruptcy
• Jul. 9, 2013
• An insurance company that backs more than $170 million in Detroit bonds said it opposes emergency manager Kevyn Orr’s attempt to restructure the city’s finances, a rejection appearing to place the city one step closer to the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S history.

• Miami CFO Ousted
• Jul. 5, 2013
• Miami City Manager Johnny Martínez fired his chief financial officer, Janice Larned, this week. Her termination is effective Friday.

• Cities and Symphonies: Will the Music Stop?
• Jul. 5, 2013
• Orchestras, large and small, are struggling financially, and that’s bad news for cities.

• BART Strike Ends Without a New Contract
• Jul. 5, 2013
• BART trains will be running again beginning Friday afternoon after the transit district and its striking unions agreed to a 30-day extension of the current contract.

• Study: Cybersecurity at Ports Insufficient
• Jul. 3, 2013
• America's largest commercial ports have failed to shore up defenses against potential cyber attacks, a new study contends, raising concerns about the vulnerability of computer networks that help move energy, foodstuff and other goods to market.

• Some L.A. Pot Shops Shut Down While Others Look to New Mayor for Relief
• Jul. 2, 2013
• Los Angeles voters approved measure D, which limits the city's dispensaries to the 135 or so that were in business when the council began trying to regulate them in 2007.

• Philly School Funding Plan Doesn't Include Cigarette Tax
• Jul. 2, 2013
• With the help of state lawmakers, Gov. Corbett slapped together a $140 million plan to help fund the distressed school district, but the deal did not include Mayor Nutter's $2 per-pack-tax on cigarettes.

• Chicago Records Lowest Homicide Numbers Since 1965
• Jul. 2, 2013
• After a bloody 2012 with more than 500 slayings, police Superintendent Garry McCarthy delivered some encouraging news about the homicide number: It's at its lowest total in nearly half a century. The city reported 184 homicides for the first half of 2013.

• Bay Area Transit Workers Strike for 1st Time Since 1997
• Jul. 1, 2013
• Trains will not run for the Monday morning commute, which could be a nightmare of gridlock and longer travel times.

• What Makes a Schwinn Bike?
• Jun. 28, 2013
• Schwinn bikes first appeared on streets in the 19th century and were built in such a unique way that decades-old Schwinns can still be seen in Chicago and other bike-friendly cities.

• Denver’s Making Public Housing Desirable
• Jun. 28, 2013
• Denver’s newest development will promote healthy living, mass transit and energy efficiency. It also happens to be public housing.

• Detroit EM Strips Scandalized Council President of Salary, Power
• Jun. 28, 2013
• The City Council president had mysteriously disappeared from the public eye just before allegations surfaced about a potentially inappropriate relationship with a teenage high school student Pugh had been mentoring.