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Bloomington's city engineer is retiring. Kevin Kothe will end his career in June after 37-years with the city.

NPR'S Eric Westervelt reports on Atlantic City, whose residents voted to legalize gambling twenty years ago today. Touted at the time as an economic savior for the troubled New Jersey city...many of the promises have not held true...as Atlantic City is now undergoing a second wave of casino development.

Bloomington City Manager Tim Gleason detailed plans of a staff reorganization to the city council on Monday night.He told aldermen he is replacing the…

More than 300 spoke out against the training facility at the meeting.

Oklahoma City's mayor, Republican Mick Cornett, talks with Rachel Martin about his meeting with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and the definition of "sanctuary cities."

Commentator Meghan Daum has left New York City for a small farm house in Nebraska, but she has found that some small communities still have big city problems.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he and other staff will take an unpaid furlough week. He faults the federal and state governments for not doing more to ease the financial burden.

Mayor Joseph Riley of Charleston, S.C., has a vision of city executives as urban planners, and not just political leaders. All Things Considered host Robert Siegel profiles Riley and the Mayors' Institute on City Design. It's a nationwide forum on how to transform blighted areas and make cities more livable.

Mexico City is draining even more water from the ancient lake bed on which the city sits, causing it to sink. Climate change, political inaction and poor infrastructure are intensifying the problem.

The council has approved a 5% pay increase for City Manager Tim Gleason, which is about a $10,400 raise, bringing his annual salary to just under $210,000.