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Even if the home rule law isn't chipped away, a GOP Congress will scratch at liberal D.C. priorities.
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Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
City of Round Rock Proposition B Passage of this proposition would amend the home rule charter to allow city staff to be delegated the ability to approve, approve with conditions or disapprove a plat as permitted by section 212.0065(a) of the Texas Local Government Code.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
In Jefferson Parish, local propositions include a home rule charter amendment that edits an employment definition for some parish workers, and a security tax for a Stonebridge crime prevention district.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
Voters were shooting down a proposal for the county to elect a charter commission to generally revise the county's home rule charter and frame and submit to the voters a revised charter, according to unofficial results.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024
City of Round Rock Proposition B Passage of this proposition would amend the home rule charter to allow city staff to be delegated the ability to approve, approve with conditions or disapprove a plat as permitted by section 212.0065(a) of the Texas Local Government Code.
—Ryan Maxin, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Apr. 2024
In Jefferson Parish, local propositions include a home rule charter amendment that edits an employment definition for some parish workers, and a security tax for a Stonebridge crime prevention district.
—Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 10 Jan. 2025.
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