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Recent Examples of home rule
That’s a perspective not often seen at Florida’s Capitol, and his local government experience is needed to fight the incessant Republican attacks on the home rule power of cities and counties.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Observers believe a flood of intervention into D.C. laws — from the sweeping to the picayune — is more likely than a total revocation of home rule (though there is a longshot bill for that, too).
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 18 July 2024
Some commissioners saw Stewart’s bill as a betrayal, interfering with home rule, the county’s top legislative priority.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Outright repeal of home rule is not out of the question.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2024
Observers believe a flood of intervention into D.C. laws — from the sweeping to the picayune — is more likely than a total revocation of home rule (though there is a longshot bill for that, too).
—Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 18 July 2024
Some commissioners saw Stewart’s bill as a betrayal, interfering with home rule, the county’s top legislative priority.
—Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 22 July 2024
Outright repeal of home rule is not out of the question.
—Colbert I. King, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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