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  2. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Home rule in the United States relates to the authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance; i.e.: whether such powers must be specifically delegated to it by the state (typically by legislative action) or are generally implicitly allowed unless specifically denied by state-level action.

  3. Home rule - Wikipedia

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    Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. [1] It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been decentralized to it by the central government.

  4. District of Columbia home rule - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia home rule is the District of Columbia residents' ability to govern their local affairs. The District is the federal capital; as such, the Constitution grants the United States Congress exclusive jurisdiction over the District in "all cases whatsoever".

  5. What’s behind Miami-Dade’s proposed charter ... - AOL

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    Two items on the Nov. 8 ballot would alter Miami-Dade County’s charter to beef up the county’s legal defenses of its “home rule” autonomy against some state action.

  6. District of Columbia Home Rule Act - Wikipedia

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    District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act; Other short titles: District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Long title: To reorganize the governmental structure of the District of Columbia, to provide a charter for local government in the District of Columbia subject to acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia, to delegate ...

  7. Home rule municipality (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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    Home rule charters are published in the Pennsylvania Code in titles numbered in the 300s, by county. However, Norristown's published charter in the Montgomery County title of the Pennsylvania code (specifically Title 346) is an obsolete version, as the revised version was never published in the code.

  8. Westover 2023: Charter changes, Home Rule and Holland Avenue

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    Jan. 2—A handful of charter changes, a successful Home Rule application leading to passage of a 1 % municipal sales tax and whole lot of Holland Avenue held Westover City Council's attention in ...

  9. Erie Home Rule Charter Commission: Bradley Beck - AOL

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    Oct. 16—Name: Bradley Beck Website URL: N/A Age: 63 Family: Married, four grown children, three granddaughters How long have you lived in Erie? 24 years Professional background: Sales Political ...