local authority
noun
British
: an organization that is in charge of the public services for a community
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And now, after years of battling the local authority in court to retrieve the hard drive, Howells has come up with a new plan: to simply buy the landfill.
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Issy Ronald, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
California voters will also decide on 10 statewide ballot measures ranging from expanding local authority to enact rent control to allowing felony charges for and longer sentences for possession of certain drugs.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 33: Expands local authority to enact rent control
This would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which restricts the kinds of rent control laws cities and counties can impose on properties first occupied after Feb. 1, 1995.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
The state should not take away local authority from municipalities.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
At the heart of the case is local authority and what gives the state the right to interfere.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Officials have instructed the local authority that runs the port to ensure that the ship does not pump any waste into the harbor.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
The poll didn’t ask about support for local authority over firearms.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Jewish Angelenos are largely supportive of Israel, which declared war on Hamas, the local authority in Gaza, following the deadly Oct. 7 attack.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
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Issy Ronald, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
California voters will also decide on 10 statewide ballot measures ranging from expanding local authority to enact rent control to allowing felony charges for and longer sentences for possession of certain drugs.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Proposition 33: Expands local authority to enact rent control
This would repeal the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act of 1995, which restricts the kinds of rent control laws cities and counties can impose on properties first occupied after Feb. 1, 1995.
—Shawna Chen, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
The state should not take away local authority from municipalities.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
At the heart of the case is local authority and what gives the state the right to interfere.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2024
Officials have instructed the local authority that runs the port to ensure that the ship does not pump any waste into the harbor.
—Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024
The poll didn’t ask about support for local authority over firearms.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 15 Feb. 2024
Jewish Angelenos are largely supportive of Israel, which declared war on Hamas, the local authority in Gaza, following the deadly Oct. 7 attack.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
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“Local authority.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/local%20authority. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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