How to Use local government in a Sentence

local government

noun
  • María Ramos Pacheco is a reporter on the local government team.
    María Ramos Pacheco, Dallas News, 24 July 2023
  • The zoo is run by the local government, which was said to be running out of money and therefore unable to feed its charges.
    Laura He, CNN, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Still, courts and local governments are starting to fight back.
    Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2023
  • The clock face was stored in the city hall's basement when the local government relocated to Bagby Street.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Rotterdam’s local government asked him to document the loan and agree that it be paid back.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The same goes for local governments in San Diego that often focus on housing costs.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2023
  • The money is expected to flow to nearly every state and local government in the country.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, the state and some local governments have encouraged ADU construction as part of the effort to expand the supply of housing.
    Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • State and local governments in New York and Illinois kicked into high gear toward the end of last year to get paperwork moving.
    Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Some have been removed by state and local governments, while others have been torn down by protesters.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Alloush said that over the past few days, the local government linked to that opposition group had met with Turkish officials.
    Raja Abdulrahim, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks Our rating: False The baby in the video was born alive and healthy, according to a local government press release.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2023
  • For clothes in bad shape (thin, stained, or with tiny holes), check to see if your local government participates in textile recycling.
    Dan Seitz, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
  • State and local governments have passed numerous laws since 2020.
    Jasmine Cui, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Impact fees are imposed by local governments to pay for the public services of the new development.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Many live in decrepit mobile homes, their needs largely ignored by local governments, Sanchez said.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Nationwide, state and local governments have received more than $4.3 billion as of Nov. 9.
    Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Half of the money will go to a state account, while the other half will go to an account for local governments, according to the attorney general’s office.
    Manuel Valdes, Fortune Well, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Some 15 years later, Port Everglades has a local government mandate to act.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
  • The administration will face a crucial test of its approval when the nation holds local government elections on March 9.
    Anusha Ondaatjie, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In the meantime, state and local governments can pass their own measures, experts said, often far more quickly, as Oregon and Washington state did after the 2021 heat dome.
    Adiel Kaplan, NBC News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • India has already reserved one-third of seats for women in some local governments at the village and urban level, U.N. Women said in a news release about the bill’s passage.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • After a decade of kicking the can down the road, China’s local government debt problem has become impossible to ignore.
    Nathaniel Taplin, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Elliot is now working as a physical therapist and Hisle is working in a local government job.
    Deborah Kim, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Some Democrats expressed concerns about parts of the bill that would prohibit rent controls and impose certain local government pre-emptions.
    Jim Turner, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • But, over the last ten to fifteen years, local government officials and private sector entrepreneurs have worked to spark a new wave of urban renewal and transformed the way Mexico City is seen around the world.
    Nathaniel Parish Flannery, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Her statement came after Turner broke the news at a Houston City Council meeting alongside council members who agreed the takeover would be an overreach of local government.
    Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Police Chief Roxana Kennedy said laws would need to change so that local governments can restore their authority over sidewalks.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • That leaves state and local governments with one main option: to try to protect residents against the smoke that will increasingly reach their communities.
    Christopher Flavelle, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The survey found that 2 in 3 voters are satisfied with the basic election information that California and local governments put out, such as when and how to vote.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023

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