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There is also concern about what will happen if Trump revokes the home rule — a 50-year-old law that allows D.C. to manage its own municipal affairs.
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Nov. 2024
The home rule charter was approved later that year on Sept. 26 and finally on Feb. 8, 2024, Keystone officially became one of Colorado’s newest towns.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
In recent years, however, the number of Catalans who believe that this sort of institutional reform is feasible has dwindled; ever larger numbers of people believe that only full sovereignty would be a viable safeguard of Catalan home rule.
—Diego Muro, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2014
As the seat of Greenland’s home rule government, Nuuk is the world’s northernmost capital of a constituent state, sitting just north of Iceland’s Reykjavik.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 27 Nov. 2024
The home rule charter was approved later that year on Sept. 26 and finally on Feb. 8, 2024, Keystone officially became one of Colorado’s newest towns.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, The Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2024
In recent years, however, the number of Catalans who believe that this sort of institutional reform is feasible has dwindled; ever larger numbers of people believe that only full sovereignty would be a viable safeguard of Catalan home rule.
—Diego Muro, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2014
As the seat of Greenland’s home rule government, Nuuk is the world’s northernmost capital of a constituent state, sitting just north of Iceland’s Reykjavik.
—David Nikel, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Home rule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/home%20rule. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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