Denver Mayor Mike Johnston vetoed an expanded needle exchange program just one day after the city council passed the ordinance.

City councilwoman Amanda Sawyer, who opposed the bill, said a needle exchange in her district has been a ‘terrible neighbor.’

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston on Tuesday vetoed a new law to expand access to needle exchanges, one day after the measure was passed by the City Council. Johnston described the ordinance as “the wrong solution at the wrong time” in a letter to the City Council released by his office Tuesday night.

Lurie sent the Board of Supervisors his first proposed law to combat the fentanyl crisis, taking action during his first week as leader of the city. Here's what it will do.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, county supervisors and public safety leaders will speak Wednesday morning on efforts to combat the city's fentanyl crisis.

One week into his new role, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is taking on the city’s fentanyl crisis. Lurie has proposed what he’s dubbed a “fentanyl state of emergency ordinance” to the Board of Supervisors.