home rule

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Recent Examples of home rule Councilor Erin Murphy, during the day’s Council meeting, had introduced a home rule petition to increase the residential exemption to 40%. Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 11 Dec. 2024 The Illinois Constitution provides a pathway for home rule municipalities to adopt recall ordinances, yet Chicago has failed to act. Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025 There has been staunch opposition from Republicans, who have introduced legislation of their own to water down or even eliminate home rule for the District of Columbia. Qasim Nauman, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2025 In 2008, a majority of Greenlanders voted for further home rule, to, in essence, continue a process towards sovereignty and self-government. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for home rule

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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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