states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term...
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Government spending in the United States is the spending of the federal government of the United States and the spending of its state and local governments...
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In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each...
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states, local government generally comprises a third or fourth level of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually occupies the second...
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In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary)...
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In the United States, government employees includes the U.S. federal civil service, employees of the state governments, and employees of local governments...
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Local government law may refer to: Local Autonomy Law, a Japanese statute Local government in the United States Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 This...
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The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the common government of the United States, a federal republic...
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In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal...
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Independent city (United States) Local government in the United States Municipal corporation Lang, Diane (December 1991). "DILLON'S RULE...AND THE BIRTH OF HOME...
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regions of the United States Lists of U.S. state topics Local government in the United States Organized incorporated territories of the United States Proposals...
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In the United States, the president can use the veto power to prevent a bill passed by the Congress from becoming law. Congress can override the veto by...
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state, and states also create other local governments. States, unlike U.S. territories, possess many powers and rights under the United States Constitution...
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the Articles of Confederation were adopted in 1781 to establish the federal government. These were succeeded by the Constitution of the United States...
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The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are...
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the United States federal government entered a shutdown and curtailed most routine operations because neither legislation appropriating funds for the...
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of an agency of the federal government of the United States are varied, and even contradictory. The official United States Government Manual offers no...
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The United States federal government shutdown from midnight EST on December 22, 2018, until January 25, 2019 (35 days) was the longest government shutdown...
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Clinton and the Republican Congress over funding for education, the environment, and public health in the 1996 federal budget, the United States federal government...
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Independent cities are classified by the United States Census Bureau as "county equivalents" and may also have similar governmental powers to a consolidated city-county...
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In the United States, speed limits are set by each state or territory. States have also allowed counties and municipalities to enact typically lower limits...
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In the politics of the United States, elections are held for government officials at the federal, state, and local levels. At the federal level, the nation's...
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In the United States, there are several distinct types of mayors, depending on the system of local government. Many American mayors are styled as "His/Her...
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Criticism of the United States government encompasses a wide range of sentiments about the actions and policies of the United States. Historically, domestic...
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coordinates) This is a list of the most populous municipal corporations of the United States. As defined by the United States Census Bureau, an incorporated...
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local government established in the Thirteen Colonies that would become the United States. Virginia created the first counties in order to ease the administrative...
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In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving...
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the criminal justice system of the United States federal government. It is the most serious punishment that could be imposed under federal law. The serious...
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borough in some U.S. states is a unit of local government or other administrative division below the level of the state. The term is currently used in six...
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restrictive covenants that are written into all deeds. Local government in the United States New Mexico Supreme Court Building "New Mexico Legislature:...
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