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, ...

Rep. Barbara Lee is the new mayor of Oakland after losing the U.S. Senate last year. She was sworn in on May 20.

Jones, a Democrat, brings the field of candidates in the special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Sylvester Turner to ...

Democrats are once again caught between choosing an experienced, elder lawmaker over younger, more outspoken members in the ...

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 the first Black woman to be mayor of ...

Barbara Lee 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 called deeply divided. Lauren Toms reports.

The race to become the top Democrat on the Oversight Committee is heating up — and getting crowded. Rep. Jasmine Crockett ...

OAKLAND, California — With her hand on the Bible in a packed City Hall, Barbara Lee, Oakland’s favorite daughter, vowed today to put her beleaguered city “back on the right track” as she ...

Barbara Lee received a standing ovation on Tuesday as she entered the Oakland City Hall to take the oath of office. A congresswoman for three decades, Lee becomes the first Black woman to serve as ...