Local government articles
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California court rules state laws cannot broadly override local government
(The Center Square) - A California court ruled state laws cannot broadly override local control over development and zoning, finding one of the state’s most significant new zoning laws is unconstitutional. “This is not a case about whether or not our State Legislature may enact legislation to ensure access to affordable housing or whether it may act to address the different concern of a statewide housing shortage more generally,” wrote California Superior Court Judge Curtis A....
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UK’s Governing Conservatives Suffer Historic Losses In Local Polls As Labour Urges General Election
Britain’s governing Conservative Party suffered heavy losses in local election results Friday, further cementing expectations that the Labour Party will return to power after 14 years in a U.K. general election that will take place in the coming months. Labour won control of councils in England it hasn’t held for decades and was successful in […]
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U.K.’s Governing Conservatives Set for Historic Losses in Local Polls, Labour Urges General Election
Britain's governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as an array of election results pour in Friday.