A council has said it is accelerating plans to become carbon neutral by 2035, five years earlier than previously announced.

Derbyshire County Council says it is on track to clear its backlog of unrepaired potholes in the next two weeks. The ...

A local authority has said it is not considering reopening a former swimming baths, earmarked to become an alternative ...

A council's Labour executive has voted in favour of moving forward with plans for a new regional incinerator. The Tees Valley ...

China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote and Saudi Arabia failed in its ...

The Austin City Council voted 8-3 to buy a $4 million property on I-35 near Oltorf for a controversial new homeless center. Who will run the center hasn't been decided yet.

The City Council approved legislation Thursday to ramp up testing requirements of building cooling towers for Legionnaires’ Disease, after an outbreak in Harlem over the summer sickened 114 ...

Venezuela's government on Thursday requested an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council focused on the U.S.

Global miner BHP Group said on Tuesday it reached an agreement with a coalition of Aboriginal land councils over principles for heritage management, a day ahead of a shareholder vote on a related ...

Half the the Tacoma City Council and the mayor are up for election this year. These Q&As give the candidates’ plans for the city in their own words. Half the the Tacoma City Council and the mayor are ...

The Niagara Falls City Council has set an Oct. 22 public hearing date to hear pubic comments on a proposed renewal of the city’s refuse and recycling fee. City Controller Maria Brown is recommending ...

The $1.3-million contract for “change management” expert Edmond Mellina, of consulting company Orchango, stands out as a ...