City officials are deciding on a new two-year budget that would pad the new mayor’s office budget with an extra $1.7 million, ...

Next year, California’s 12 th congressional district will have a new representative after being represented by Congresswoman Barbara Lee for the past 25 years. Lee is pursuing a seat in the U.S ...

No, but Rep. Barbara Lee tried. Fifteen months ago, on the day before Nevada legislators approved $380 million in public funding toward a new Las Vegas ballpark, Lee introduced a bill in Congress ...

Oakland officially got a new mayor Tuesday.The city council formally announced the results of March's special election and then Mayor-elect Barbara Lee was sworn in.Former Congresswoman Barbara Lee is ...

Lee prevailed in the end, vaulting past her more centrist Democratic opponent, Loren Taylor, as late-arriving votes broke decisively for the longtime progressive standard-bearer. Her unity-focused ...

No one has fought more in Congress to keep alive Shirley Chisholm’s legacy than U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee. The 78-year-old ...

Barbara Lee, Oakland's longtime progressive former congresswoman, was sworn in as the city's 52nd mayor on Tuesday, promising to usher in a new era of progress and unity in an embattled city she has ...

After serving nearly 30 years in the United States Congress, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee is seeking public office yet again with her campaign to be elected mayor of Oakland. Though Lee ...

Former congresswoman Barbara Lee declared victory Saturday in Oakland’s mayoral election, promising to bring a steady hand and a unifying message to a city beset by political upheaval and crisis ...

Lee is known as the first Black woman to represent in the State Assembly, State Senate, Congress, and now the first Black woman to serve as Mayor of Oakland.