Home Rule

Eleanor Holmes Norton D-D.C. said she was "rounding up Senate allies who, along with the Obama administration, are committed to preserving D.C.'s home-rule rights and dignity as a local jurisdiction." ❋ Unknown (2011)

When they voted under New Labour in 1997 for "home-rule," it was for limited self-government within the United Kingdom. ❋ Iain Martin (2012)

Eleanor Holmes Norton D-D.C. said she was 'rounding up Senate allies who, along with the Obama administration, are committed to preserving D.C.'s home-rule rights and dignity as a local jurisdiction.' ❋ Unknown (2011)

Gray also was a council member before becoming mayor, so he is familiar with the home-rule fight. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Jefferson County needs state aid to avoid bankruptcy because it doesn't have home-rule authority, or the ability to raise taxes or fees without approval from the state. ❋ Kelly Nolan (2011)

The suit argues that the tax violates the state constitution's home-rule provisions and wasn't passed with the two-thirds majority required for laws that only apply to certain municipalities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Illinois, such a system is already in place: the state has the authority to void local taxes, all of which are enacted under municipal home-rule authority and governed by Illinois statute. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Dissent in the British island territory, which sits in the Atlantic Ocean east of North Carolina, came after Bermuda's acceptance of the men strained relations with London, which complained that the island's home-rule government failed to advise it about the decision. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The company-owned town incorporated in 1959 and established a home-rule municipal government in 1981 - three years before DeLay was elected. ❋ Unknown (2006)

To ensure broad-based, bipartisan support, we propose four modest congressional actions that would preserve some home-rule authority while erecting a commonsense framework for restoring the right to self-defense in our nation's capital. ❋ David B. Kopel (2008)

Although the district's elected City Council operates autonomously under home-rule legislation approved by Congress, Washington's municipal government is, as a constitutional matter, part of the federal government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Newspapers, periodicals, and a Useful Knowledge Society were started; then came free trade, and the “home-rule” struggle, which met with partial success in 1874, and is still being carried on. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The symbolism alone gave rise to the hope that the home-rule provisions of the 1998 agreement could finally be fully implemented, complete with executive powers shared by unionists and republicans. ❋ Unknown (2007)