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, ...

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

The “Oakland Inaugural Fund Committee” is asking for major contributions to support the new mayor’s inauguration.

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

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Tennessee Representative Justin J. Pearson says he has concerns about Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris’ recent remarks about xAI. Pearson said Mayor Hariss’s statement ...

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.

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee arrives at Oakland City Hall to be sworn in on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Lee becomes the city's 52nd mayor, and the first African American woman to serve in the role. (Kiley ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.