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Mayors and other experts talked about various aspects of federal, state and local partnerships. Topics included education, neighborhood safety, property taxes, and proposals for new kinds of…

Participants talked about the state of the economy and financing the needs of cities. Among the topics they addressed were federal levels of funding, economic stimulus proposals, tax policy,…

Elected officials and religious leaders spoke in favor of stricter gun controls and against gun violence. Among the issues they addressed were school violence and loopholes by which gun show…

Fort Wayne, Indiana Mayor Paul Helmke (R) and Lancaster County Board of Commissioners Chairman Terry Kauffman testified Senate Environment and Public Works Committee before the that greater …

The candidates debated issues of health care, unemployment, and violent crime.

Three candidates for Indiana’s U.S Senate seat appeared on WFYI-TV in Indianapolis. The candidates, Rebecca Sink-Burris (Libertarian), Paul Helmke (Republican) and Evan Bayh (Democrat), deba…

After meeting with President Clinton, several mayors talked with reporters. They stressed their support for the president’s initiatives which support urban communities.

President Bill Clinton hosted a breakfast at the White House for mayors attending the United States Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting. The President spoke about his urban initiatives that …

The U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter meeting began with a video about the desegregation of Little Rock High School in 1954, African Development Foundation Chairman, Ernest Green, one of the …

Mayors and other local law enforcement officials heard from drug treatment experts on the importance of drug treatment in overall drug control. The panelists examined why treatment is effect…

A group of Mayors spoke to reporters outside of the White House following a meeting with President Bill Clinton

Mayors Paul Helmke (R) of Fort Wayne, IN and Jerry Abramson (D) of Louisville, KY discussed the president’s crime bill. President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law that day. Both mayors …

During a live viewer call-in program, the guests discussed their meeting with President Clinton at which they addressed the potential impact of the Administration’s economic stimulus package…