Jackson's city council and mayoral salaries are set for a 2.5% increase, pending initial approval at the March city council meeting. This would be the first council raise since 2003.

Jesse Jackson, a Greenville native, was a tireless activist, skilled diplomat and influential politician who made two transformative presidential runs in the 1980s.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson, who died this week, ran for president twice, leading more Black voters to register. The year after ...

As a movement builder, spokesperson, and candidate for the presidency, Jesse Jackson’s accomplishments were massive. He was one of the towering figures of American progressive politics in his era — or ...

Apopka Mayor Bryan Nelson filed a lawsuit against challenger Christine Moore, alleging that she had not lived in the city ...

Jesse Jackson once considered running for D.C. mayor, before becoming the city's first shadow senator in the 1990s, lending the statehood cause a national spotlight. Why it matters: Jackson, who died ...

For 60 years, nine mayors have had no choice but to contend with the famed civil rights activist, and sometimes defer to him even though they often didn’t like it. They could not afford to do ...

Political experts said Jackson's 1988 presidential run paved the way for the election of New York’s first Black mayor the following year.

Judon Roberson, accused of murder in the death of 3-year-old Brylan Greer in Jackson, appeared in court seeking more time to hire a private attorney ...

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, the Chicago-based Baptist minister, political figure and two-time presidential candidate, has died.

Mr. Jackson, who spent much of his life in the city, died at his home there on Tuesday. “He ushered in new politics in ...

In August 1991, Jesse Jackson arrived in Connecticut looking to "rebuild America," ...