Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval speaks about the American Rescue Plan at the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting on Jan. 18 in Washington. (Allison Shelley / U.S. Conference of Mayors)
Cities including Austin, Texas; Detroit, and San Jose, California, are among the first members of new program that recruits research universities to solve community challenges.
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she and the Michigan attorney general are investigating the call, which appears to be the work of two bumbling right-wing scam…