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It signaled the end of “home rule” in the South with respect to racial affairs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z
I was a very fortunate home rule journalist. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C.
Parnell was engaged in Parliament to secure home rule for Ireland. The Murders That Touched Off Ireland’s Bloody Campaign for Self-Rule 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z
Marie Jones, with The Milliner and the Weaver, touchingly explores the way Belfast suffragettes in 1914 found their cause overtaken by the issue of home rule. Women, Power and Politics 2010-06-13T17:56:00Z
I had cut my teeth as a charter member of the home rule press corps. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C.
He was the most prominent and most enduring home rule politician. The tale of Marion Barry, king of D.C.
Their parties too were genuinely different: Liberalism stood for free trade and, increasingly, on Gladstone's conscientious watch, Irish home rule. Cameron and Clegg: the improbable coalition 2010-05-12T15:22:00Z
In order to pursue his goal of home rule, Parnell had at first cultivated the support of the Fenians, seeking outright independence. Robert Kee obituary 2013-01-11T18:56:24Z
In a news conference that year at Adas Israel synagogue in Cleveland Park, King compared the lack of home rule to poll taxes and other Southern racist anti-voting efforts. In the footsteps of Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington 2017-01-11T05:00:00Z
“The principle of home rule is an important one,” Governor Quinn said in a statement. Illinois Governor Vetoes Ride-Sharing Restrictions 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z
Activists backed a home rule charter, passed by voters this year, to amend the county’s governing document to ban privatization of the system. Sewer rates soar as private companies buy up local water systems 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z
The three state court judges sided with Nashville officials who sued, ruling that the law targeted Nashville alone and didn’t include the local involvement required under the Tennessee Constitution’s home rule protections. Judges rule state takeover of Nashville airport’s board violates Tennessee Constitution 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z
The lawsuit argues the law violates home rule protections in the state constitution by singling out Nashville without requiring the approval of local voters or two-thirds of the metro council. Nashville sues over Tennessee law letting state pick six of 13 on local pro sports facility board 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z
Still, Gopal added, he thinks the attorney general overstepped by bringing the suits and cited home rule in the state’s more than 600 school districts. Emerging election issues in New Jersey include lawsuits over outing trans students, offshore wind 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z
The judges found that the statute targeting the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway violated the Tennessee Constitution’s “home rule,” which says the Legislature can’t pass measures singling out individual counties without local support. Tennessee judges side with Nashville in fight over fairgrounds speedway 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z
"For 100 years, cities have had home rule powers, the power of self-governance, under the state constitution, that does not require the legislature's permission to pass laws," Michel told the outlet. Texas Republicans ignore judge's ruling against Gov. Greg Abbott's "Death Star" 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z
The city’s lawsuit says the “stakes are much higher” and gets at whether the Legislature can “strip away” Fargo’s home rule powers. Fargo challenges new North Dakota law, seeking to keep local ban on home gun sales 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z
According to the city’s lawsuit, the state violated home rule protections under the Tennessee Constitution by singling out Nashville without either a local referendum or a two-thirds metro council vote for the change. State takeover of Nashville airport board to remain in place as lawsuit proceeds, judges rule 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z
Citing the Tennessee Constitution, the city’s lawsuit argues the state violated home rule protections by singling out Nashville without requiring either a local referendum or a two-thirds vote of the metro council for the change. Who’s in charge of Nashville’s airport? US and Tennessee officials disagree under a new state law 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z
She defended Scottish fisherman and oil interests, and she made common cause with representatives of other European regions restless for home rule. Winnie Ewing, Who Transformed Scottish Politics, Dies at 93 2023-07-06T04:00:00Z
“This is outside people trying to control an entity that actually has home rule,” he said. Delaware House approves bill allowing business entities to vote in town’s municipal elections 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z
Fargo voters approved a home rule charter in 1970 that gave the city commission certain powers, including the power to zone public and private property. Fargo challenges new North Dakota law, seeking to keep local ban on home gun sales 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z
The political issue of home rule for Ireland was the most contentious one between the two in the early twentieth century. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
Their oversight is stirring another fight over home rule in the District while shedding light on disagreements within city government. D.C. Mayor Bowser, city police chief to appear before House oversight panel in May 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z
Why not drop George Washington’s name in favor of one associated with the struggle for racial justice or for D.C. home rule? Opinion | George Washington University might want to change more than its nickname 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z
Under that scenario, there’s every reason to fear that Congress would bring on a repeal of already limited D.C. home rule, to be followed by the creation of a Trump-appointed D.C. government. Opinion | Inauguration Day 2025 could usher in a living nightmare for D.C. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z
The latest salvo against the district’s home rule followed Congress’ action earlier this yea r to nullify a rewrite of the local criminal code. House Republicans warn DC officials robust oversight coming 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z
But Protestant Unionists in the north of Ireland, who approved of the union with Britain and feared a Catholic-dominated Irish government, worried they would be discriminated against if home rule were enacted. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
“For D.C. residents, home rule is possibly the strongest argument. But for members of Congress, many of whom could care less, it’s not the strongest argument,” Mendelson said. D.C. leaders prepare for GOP grilling in hearing on crime, policing 2023-03-28T04:00:00Z
In an upset, he won the Democratic primary over 17-term incumbent John L. McMillan, a conservative who chaired the House District Committee and opposed home rule for D.C. John Jenrette, roguish congressman snared in Abscam sting, dies at 86 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z
“He will continue to fight for Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The President’s support for D.C. statehood and home rule extends back decades, and we are currently reviewing the legislation.” D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z
Although she was overridden by the council, her stance complicates the home rule argument. Opinion | First, Biden was FDR. Now he’s Clinton. (Spoiler alert: He’s neither.) 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z
If approved, home rule would offer Ireland its own parliament and rights to deal with domestic issues rather than having to listen to the dictates of London. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
And that fits into the larger goal of yet-to-come, wide-ranging congressional probes into D.C. affairs, which is to demonstrate that home rule constitutes misrule in a Democratic-dominated nation’s capital. Opinion | The GOP’s attacks on D.C. home rule are just getting started 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z
Congress’s decision to overturn the District’s criminal-code reform was hardly the lowest or most intrusive intervention in the city’s 50-year home rule history. Opinion | D.C. home rule takes an unnecessary hit 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z
“What I’m hoping Democrats have learned from this is there’s really no glory in violating the principle of D.C. home rule,” Hatcher-Mays said. D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z
Yet on the 50-year anniversary of home rule, we’ve come full circle, and members of Congress are weirdly clamoring to take over running the District again. Perspective | If Congress must tackle D.C. issues, let’s tell them our problems 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
Irish nationalists were frustrated by the delay, however, and some wanted even more change, not simply home rule but an independent Ireland. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
The predicament forced Biden to weigh the greater political liability: appearing soft on criminal penalties or abandoning Democrat’s long-standing support of D.C. home rule. Chicago mayoral candidates have starkly different strategies on crime 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z
Demonstrators supporting home rule gathered outside the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon, and police said they made more than a dozen arrests. A violent night in D.C. as Senate votes to nix crime bill 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z
“On this last one, I voted with the mayor and against the council. But on home rule, for me, it’s really about the merits” of the underlying legislation, he said. D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z
“You either support D.C. home rule or you don’t. There are no exceptions. And there is no middle ground on D.C.’s right to self-government.” Perspective | If Congress must tackle D.C. issues, let’s tell them our problems 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
As The Post’s editorial pointed out, in announcing that he would not veto action by Congress disapproving D.C.’s crime bill, “the president picked public safety over home rule for the capital city.” Opinion | D.C. should decide what’s right for D.C., not Congress 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z
“You either support D.C. home rule or you don’t. There are no exceptions. And there is no middle ground on D.C.’s right to self government.” Senate votes to reject D.C. criminal code bill 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z
I have supported home rule since moving to D.C. in 1974. Opinion | The D.C. Council’s crime bill put statehood further out of reach 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z
House Republicans are preparing for the next round in their perennial boxing match against D.C. home rule, this time targeting D.C.’s police accountability legislation after Congress voted to block the city’s criminal code overhaul. D.C. leaders begin lobbying Congress against effort to block policing bill 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z
Before D.C. finally earned home rule in 1973, the District was governed by one of the least glamorous, low-end committees in Congress — the District Committee. Perspective | If Congress must tackle D.C. issues, let’s tell them our problems 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
Biden’s decision to override it completely contradicts the goals of D.C. home rule and eventual statehood, which the president claims to support. Opinion | Biden puts reelection over principles with his decision on D.C. law 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Feeling forced to choose, the president picked public safety over home rule for the capital city. Opinion | It’s a shame it came to this, but D.C. should rewrite its criminal code 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Council’s tone-deaf response was to enact a law that forces its allies to make a choice between supporting home rule or increasing their own electoral vulnerability. Opinion | The D.C. Council’s crime bill put statehood further out of reach 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z
But despite recent progress toward D.C. statehood, Democrats have been historically hesitant to push for “home rule” when the political stakes are high. Biden told advisers he would let Congress block D.C. crime law 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
The real crime here is that politicians did something that should be unthinkable — ignore the District’s right to home rule — in the name of political gamesmanship. Perspective | If Congress must tackle D.C. issues, let’s tell them our problems 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z
It is hard to imagine a Republican president respecting D.C. home rule if a Democratic one won’t. Opinion | Biden puts reelection over principles with his decision on D.C. law 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Mr. Biden’s decision was a blow to home rule in the District of Columbia and the issue is likely not the last time Republicans challenge local laws in the heavily Democratic capital city. Biden Won’t Veto Republican-led Measure Blocking D.C. Criminal Code 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z
While Congress has allowed the city’s residents some powers of “home rule,” it has retained veto powers over district government actions. Biden not expected to stop override of DC laws: AP sources 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z
As discussed in the Feb. 26 front-page article “D.C. mayor lobbies Senate on home rule,” District officials are trying to keep Congress from interfering in local political matters. Opinion | What should be done to decrease D.C. crime? 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z
The District was granted home rule in 1973, but Congress retained the power to review its laws. Biden Could Face Veto Test Over Contentious D.C. Crime Bill 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z
There must be ways for Biden to appeal to White swing voters that don’t involve backtracking from core principles such as asylum rights, D.C. home rule and a fair criminal justice system. Opinion | Biden puts reelection over principles with his decision on D.C. law 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z
Hagerty has found the procedural needle in the haystack of home rule in which Congress can effectively veto council laws within 60 days of their enactment, particularly those connected to the criminal code. Analysis | Tennessee senator gloms onto D.C. crime to force a vote 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z
City leaders and statehood activists have long advocated that regardless of Congress’s opinion of D.C. legislation, federal lawmakers should respect the principle of D.C. home rule and stay out of local government. Bowser lobbies Senate amid worries about losing Democrats on D.C. home rule votes 2023-02-25T05:00:00Z
It’s on these leaders, the ones elected close to home, to show that home rule and public safety are not incompatible. Opinion | A last, best chance to fix the D.C. criminal code 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z
The problem with home rule is that it’s not statehood, and a committee that oversees the District still exists. Perspective | House GOP vote blocking D.C. local bills isn’t politics. It’s prejudice. 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z
Even several of the District’s own leaders, such as its first home rule mayor and its non-voting delegate in Congress, have in the past opposed D.C. statehood. Making D.C. a state requires a constitutional amendment 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z
“Congress delegated home rule to us 50 years ago and have had no hand in our public safety and should not now seek to interfere piecemeal. Keep your hands off our Home Rule.” Bowser says Congress shouldn’t interfere as it weighs nixing two D.C. bills 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z
Powerful Republicans plan to use “every remedy available” to block a D.C. crime overhaul that reduces maximum sentences for gun offenses, carjackings and robberies, marking another skirmish in a long-running war over “home rule.” House GOP will push to block D.C. crime overhaul that divided mayor, council 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z
Democrats also called the measure a stripping of home rule, saying it violated Ohio’s Constitution by not allowing local communities to govern themselves. Governor’s veto allows Ohio communities to regulate tobacco 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z
And although Greene’s casting of D.C. is ignorant, her targeting of home rule signals an understanding of our history, and how to weaponize it. Perspective | No, Marjorie Taylor Greene, D.C. is not a crime-ridden hell hole 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
However, it does not make the policy changes that some reformers have sought — such as giving counties more home rule and removing tax earmarks, which dedicate taxes to a specific program or purpose. Voters can erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z
They would have argued that expanding voting to noncitizens falls within Yellow Springs’ rights to home rule and local control, he said. Ohio seeks to become latest state to ban noncitizen voting 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z
Cities and towns in Ohio would be barred from allowing non-U.S. citizens to vote in state and local elections under a constitutional amendment that seeks to rein in the home rule authority of municipalities. Voting Laws Are At Stake in Midterms 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z
The heist had served its purpose of publicising the cause of Scottish home rule. The students who stole the Stone of Destiny 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z
Congressional Democrats are pushing legislation that would greatly expand “home rule” in the District, untethering the city government from federal oversight of its criminal and legislatives processes. House Democrats push bill to greatly expand home rule in D.C. 2022-09-21T04:00:00Z
If ever the District needed thoughtful, levelheaded leaders, it’s now — especially as it faces a growing cohort of anti-D.C. home rule Republicans in the U.S. Opinion | Old, new and borrowed — D.C.’s 2022 ballot has it (almost) all covered 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z
Democrats were largely satisfied to end Reconstruction and maintain “home rule” in the South in exchange for control over the White House. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z
Potential conflicts can come up over home rule. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z
“This bill might have ended the insurrection hours earlier on January 6th, and would afford D.C. a critical element of home rule as it moves toward statehood.” House approves measure to give DC mayor authority to deploy National Guard 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z
He seemed destined for elective office but lost a close race for D.C. mayor in 1974, shortly after the city won home rule. Clifford Alexander Jr., first Black secretary of Army, dies at 88 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z
On Monday, Staten Island Judge Ralph Porzio sided with them, ruling that the law violated the state’s election law and its municipal home rule law. National briefs: 4 Vietnam veterans to get Medal of Honor 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z
Tuesday’s primary elections in D.C. mark nearly a half-century since Congress extended home rule to the District in 1973. D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
She was intimately involved in the development of D.C.’s semiautonomous “home rule” after nearly 200 years of federal control, including legislation shaping the local court system. D.C. Circuit Judge Rogers goes senior 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z
Political aides and lobbyists have termed the city’s effort to regain home rule as sporadic, disorganized and last-minute. Why New York City Traffic Cameras Are Off When Drivers Speed the Most 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z
“I think folks believe we are a liberal city and that we will be able to be a bastion for our communities. But we have no home rule,” Perritt said. Perspective | Roe to be decided in one of the worst cities to be Black and pregnant 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z
It recommended the UK government suspend the overseas territory's constriction and implement home rule for at least two years, meaning the islands would effectively be returned to direct rule from London. British Virgin Islands: UK Minister dispatched for governance talks 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z
The beginning of the end of District home rule probably came in 1867, when Congress made it meaningfully more democratic by extending the vote to Black men in Washington. D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
Nearly 125 years before President Richard M. Nixon signed 1973 legislation granting home rule to the District, Lincoln’s bill would have given a nod to the concept, at least for some residents. Lincoln tried to free the enslaved in D.C. years before he succeeded 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z
“These are things we want to fix in the speed camera program while we make the broader case for home rule,” he said. Why New York City Traffic Cameras Are Off When Drivers Speed the Most 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z
I am sure former D.C. attorney general Irvin B. Nathan had the best intentions in offering interim solutions to D.C. statehood in his April 3 Local Opinions essay, “A better focus: Expanded D.C. home rule.” Opinion | D.C. needs statehood. Period. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
Ultraconservative Republicans, eagerly anticipating taking control of the House in this November’s midterm elections, are proclaiming a desire to cut back or eliminate the limited home rule that Congress granted D.C. in 1973. Opinion | D.C. should focus on expanded home rule before statehood 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z
At the time, Congress was looking to chip away at home rule, including a proposal to make the city a territory, which Emery, not surprisingly, opposed. D.C. elected its own mayors in the 1800s — until Congress stepped in 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z
Republicans could then celebrate their final victory over slavery and secession while the Redeemers enjoyed “home rule,” racial dominance, and economic power. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z
“It is imperative to both public health, public safety, and for Congress’ support of the District’s right to home rule that the removal of the Harris rider is maintained,” the groups wrote. Congress keeps ban on legal D.C. marijuana sales in budget, despite Democratic control 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z
Although he rightly pointed out that the effort among Republicans in the House to rescind home rule should be a “call to action,” his proposed approach has failed repeatedly over the past 40 years. Opinion | D.C. needs statehood. Period. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
Under laws that existed before home rule, the U.S. attorney can directly file criminal charges in adult court against youths 16 and older who are charged with very serious offenses. Opinion | D.C. should focus on expanded home rule before statehood 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z
Finally, in 1914, Parliament enacted a home rule bill for southern Ireland. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Even if Republicans win control of Congress, though, a proposal as drastic as repealing D.C. home rule would be unlikely to succeed in the Senate. Norton ‘extremely concerned’ about possible Republican bill to repeal D.C.’s home rule 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z
Ms Fillingham said the removal of mask mandates and working from home rules in England last month had "made it trickier for us to go out as a family". Shielding Scunthorpe family's fear over Covid rules easing 2022-02-09T05:00:00Z
Modifying home rule, unfortunately, is more of an obstacle than a solution to D.C. self-governance. Opinion | D.C. needs statehood. Period. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z
The walls at HR, which stands for “home rule,” are filled with records sitting atop shelves, the merchandise doubling as the decor. These local record shops give you an analog break from a digital world 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z
To protest delays in home rule, the nationalist members decided not to attend Parliament. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
“So now our hopes are riding on enforcing the home rules, on the kids staying masked at school, keeping their distance and a little bottle of hand sanitizer in their backpacks.” With Omicron’s Rise, Americans Brace for Returning to School and Work 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z
What are the new working from home rules? Covid: Work-from-home guidance reintroduced in England 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z
“We’re certainly considering taking the matter to court because it takes away home rule for municipalities.” Montgomery faces fine lawsuit for dropping Confederate name 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z
Mr. Smith said D.C. might give home rule to the National Guard as a consolation prize for not being granted statehood. Backers of D.C. National Guard local control say they’re not giving up the fight 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z
A greater number of Irish preferred home rule, local control over internal matters only. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
This is no way to run City Hall, which has some powers thanks to limited home rule. It’s time to revamp D.C. government — again 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z
The old narrative, adopted nearly five decades ago with the advent of home rule — that this town is politically under the thumb of Black, mostly male Democratic Party elites — is in a death spin. Opinion | A pivotal political season approaches for a changing D.C. 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z
Even before the pandemic, local officials say, DeSantis and his allies in the Republican-controlled legislature had worked to gut powers that cities and towns had been granted under home rule. As Gov. Ron DeSantis consolidates his power in Florida, some local officials rebuke his leadership style 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z
The bills introduced by Florida state lawmakers this session are unwarranted, overly broad and harmful preemptions of home rule powers. Opinion | A clear attack on Floridians 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z
One reason for Britain’s opposition to home rule was concern for Ireland’s Protestants. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
Democracies in sectarian societies often create institutional arrangements to protect the minority, like minority or group rights, power-sharing agreements, devolution or home rule. Why Political Sectarianism Is a Growing Threat to American Democracy 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z
That case shows home rule hasn’t totally removed blatant political maneuvering from the courthouse. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z
The stay at home rule in England was eased on 29 March, although the government advice was to "minimise travel". Covid in Scotland: Stay at home rule to be lifted after three months 2021-04-01T04:00:00Z
The decision wasn’t just racist but, in an era before D.C. home rule, also undemocratic, she said. A ‘city father’ tried to erase a Black neighborhood. Now the neighborhood wants to erase him. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z
In 1921, Britain divided Ireland and granted home rule to southern Ireland. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
The stay at home rule is scheduled to end on 29 March, although the advice will be to stay local as much as possible. How do Scotland and England's routes out of lockdown compare? 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z
One of the advantages of home rule is the ability to reevaluate and adjust the county charter. Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z
He became the face and voice of unionist opposition to home rule in 1912. NI 100: Why did Carson give up chance to be NI's first PM? 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z
He became D.C.’s surveyor in 1908 before being appointed to the Board of Commissioners — the body that controlled the city before home rule — and died of a heart attack in 1941 at age 73. A ‘city father’ tried to erase a Black neighborhood. Now the neighborhood wants to erase him. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z
The City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a home rule petition asking the state legislature to eliminate the local requirement this year if Walsh steps down before Mar. 5. Boston seeks to nix special mayoral election requirement 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z
As a former state legislator, he noted in a press release, “I regularly support the right of states to chart their own path and protect their home rule.” Science panel Republicans more likely to oppose Biden victory 2021-01-12T05:00:00Z
To local officials, the outcome provided a vivid illustration of the burdens imposed on the city by the lack of full home rule. After coming to the Capitol’s rescue, D.C. leaders seek more autonomy under Biden 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z
The EU is assessing access under its “equivalence” system that opens the way for foreign financial firms if their home rules are as robust as those in the 27-nation bloc. Still no clarity from UK to assess financial market access, says EU 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z
The groups argued that limiting voter access to drop boxes during the pandemic was an unconstitutional burden on voting rights and violated the home rule power of auditors. Judge backs Iowa’s limits on absentee ballot drop box sites 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z
Normally, in the interest of local control and home rule, we would recommend that voters outside Franklin and Lauderdale counties abstain from voting on Amendments 5 and 6. Editorial Roundup: Alabama 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z
The Iowa Democratic Party filed a lawsuit arguing that Pate’s directive exceeded his authority, was not enforceable and violated the home rule powers of local officials. Judges blocks Iowa directive on absentee ballot applications 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z
But Schneebaum added that Republicans have used the city’s past problems as a fig leaf to mask their real reasons for opposing greater home rule. After coming to the Capitol’s rescue, D.C. leaders seek more autonomy under Biden 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z
“It is time to end this failed experiment by repealing home rule and jettisoning a significant portion of the current District of Columbia to beleaguer the poor citizens of Maryland.” ‘Not on my watch’: D.C. backs off talk of removing U.S. monuments after wave of opposition 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z
The attorney general’s office in March provided Reynolds with an analysis of home rule in Iowa. Local control dispute brewing over Iowa mask mandates 2020-08-08T04:00:00Z
We value home rule very highly in Georgia. Perspective | To save lives, my city ordered locals to wear masks. The governor blocked us. 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z
Vogel said under state law, a home rule municipality “possesses all legislative authority not withheld by the legislature.” Clarkson says city mask order doesn’t apply to state offices 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z
Washington’s mayor was a federal appointee until the 1970s when the city was granted “home rule” and began electing its mayors. Washington Mayor Bowser, 'unbought and unbossed,' challenges Trump 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z
“It’s impossible to look at it any other way,” said Garry Young, a political scientist at George Washington University who has followed home rule fights in the city. Why Washington’s Streets Have Filled With Troops the Mayor Did Not Want 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z
A judge ruled the program violates the state’s “home rule” provisions. Editorial Roundup: Tennessee 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z
Jonathan Turley, a George Washington University law professor who has researched the District’s home rule provisions, criticized the language as overly broad and said it gives the federal government wide latitude in defining an “emergency.” Trump administration considered taking control of D.C. police force to quell protests 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z
Superior Court, the initiative is undermining D.C.’s home rule authority. D.C. attorney general opposes pushing District gun cases into federal court 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z
Both complaints allege that the state’s voucher program is illegal under the Tennessee constitution’s “home rule.” Groups seek to block Tennessee school voucher implementation 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z
But under home rule, she didn’t have the power to deploy them herself; only the president can do that. Why Washington’s Streets Have Filled With Troops the Mayor Did Not Want 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z
But Bauercamper rejected that challenge in his ruling Saturday, saying the city properly adopted the ordinance under its “home rule” authority under the Iowa Constitution. Judge: Waterloo law limiting criminal record inquiries OK 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z
They have a very simple message: you can’t clap for carers one day and then flout the stay at home rules three days later. UK coronavirus live: British death toll up by 20% to 4,313 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z
“Whether it’s vacation rentals or the use of plastic bags and Styrofoam, they’ve basically taken away a lot of our home rule rights.” People over coral?: Florida could ban sunscreen bans 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z
Earlier this year, Tennessee’s largest communities - Nashville and Memphis - filed a complaint alleging the state’s voucher program is illegal under the state constitution’s “home rule.” Judge: School choice advocates can intervene in voucher case 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z
The 38-page lawsuit alleges the voucher law is illegal under the Tennessee Constitution’s “home rule” because Republican lawmakers did not receive local consent when drawing legislation affecting local communities. Second lawsuit filed against Tennessee’s school voucher law 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z
Thornton is a home rule charter, and such entities are granted quite broad eminent domain power for the sake of a public good by the Colorado constitution. Northern Colorado residents worried about water pipeline 2020-02-29T05:00:00Z
“Texas is a home rule state so the buck really stops with county judges and mayors,” Van Deus said. Mixed messages, test delays hamper U.S. coronavirus response 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z
The area became home to Frederick Douglass and his sons Charles and Lewis, who held elective office during a brief period of home rule in the 1870s. Opinion | Barry Farm’s historic landmark designation was pitted against affordable housing 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z
Now, as part of its regular attack on home rule, the Florida Legislature is considering bills that would prevent local regulation of vacation rentals. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z
The 44-page suit alleges the voucher law is illegal under the Tennessee Constitution’s “home rule.” Tennessee’s school voucher program faces lawsuit 2020-02-06T05:00:00Z
Loyalists are harking back to opposition to home rule in 1912. For unionists in Northern Ireland, Brexit has backfired badly | Susan McKay 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z
Under the city’s home rule charter, two of four at-large council seats are reserved for lawmakers who do not belong to the party in power. Marcus Goodwin enters at-large D.C. Council race to succeed David Grosso 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z
Mr. Evans is the District’s longest-serving lawmaker and the first to face expulsion from the council in the home rule era. D.C. Council aims for more accessible prenatal care 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z
They say they are unlikely to push for a full adoption of home rule, however, citing a century’s worth of judicial decisions that adhere to the philosophy of state control. Why Arlington and Fairfax can’t tax plastic bags — and why that might change 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z
Swinson’s party supports “home rule for each of the nations of a strong, federal and united United Kingdom”. You’d never know it, but the future of the United Kingdom is at stake | Martin Kettle 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z
The lyrics, by Georgia D. Johnson, included: “We want to vote, home rule to promote, in the seat of this democratic nation./ Why should we wait, why hesitate? Yes, we want representation.” Perspective | Remembering when Lillian Evanti took the opera world by storm 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z
Olson also disputed Wall’s contention that any of the tests challengers proposed for declaring whether someone is a federal officer would result in a loss of home rule. Supreme Court seems hesitant to disrupt financial board overseeing Puerto Rico 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z
The city argued the court didn’t analyze the home rule section of the Ohio Constitution providing local governments with self-governing rights. City asks Ohio Supreme Court to reconsider local hiring laws 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z
All but 11 U.S. states adhere to the rule, although some have carved out “home rule” exceptions that allow localities to make their own decisions. Why Arlington and Fairfax can’t tax plastic bags — and why that might change 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z
As with home rule, the way to statehood is not via rallies and parades but through elections beyond the District’s borders. Opinion | This is D.C. statehood’s only way forward 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z
Punishments for violations of home rules, including talking about the outside world, allegedly included the withholding of food,” the statement said. US ministry accused of luring homeless people into forced labor 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z
If you take the challengers’ argument to its natural conclusion, Wall told Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, “it will threaten to undermine, indeed I think it would condemn in its entirety, home rule.” Supreme Court seems hesitant to disrupt financial board overseeing Puerto Rico 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z
It was granted home rule in 1979 and is now considered an autonomous area within the kingdom of Denmark. Q&A: Trump wants to buy Greenland. How much is it worth anyway? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z
And in Wales even the nationalists are wary of independence - Plaid Cymru is more of a home rule party, with independence only a long-term goal. Boris Johnson warned no deal Brexit could lead to farmers blocking roads in protest - live news 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z
As vice chairman, Mr. Tucker worked with other political leaders and activists to bring about long-sought home rule for the District. Sterling Tucker, civil rights leader and pioneering D.C. politician, dies at 95 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z
He was chosen by voters in 1974 to become the first chairman of the District’s council under home rule and was regarded as one of the shapers of the city’s independent government. Sterling Tucker, first elected chairman of D.C. Council under home rule, has died 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z
In Kansas, the state constitution gives cities “home rule” power, allowing them to set policies locally on a wide variety of issues, even if the state has laws on them. Top Kansas court: Cities can raise age for buying tobacco 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z
He draws a line from the Irish uprisings in the 17th century to the defeat of Gladstone’s second home rule bill in 1893, which set the scene for the uneasy stasis Joyce threaded into Ulysses. Jeremy Corbyn on Joyce's Ulysses: ‘Don’t beat yourself up if you don’t understand it' 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z
Council formed under the newly established home rule government. Perspective | For these men in their 70s, friendship has lasted a lifetime 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z
Council chairman in the first election after home rule was enacted. Sterling Tucker, civil rights leader and pioneering D.C. politician, dies at 95 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z
As chairman under home rule, he served one term before making an unsuccessful mayoral bid. Sterling Tucker, first elected chairman of D.C. Council under home rule, has died 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z
In vetoing a stated ban on local bans of plastic straws, DeSantis demonstrated a willingness recently to buck Republican legislative leaders when it comes to their relentless gutting of home rule. Florida editorial roundup 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z
A political impasse over home rule for Ireland was leading the economy into a recession. The Quandary of Myanmar: Will Starving the Country of Visitors Make Things Better? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z
But to a larger degree he sided with counties, municipalities and the Florida Constitution, in which home rule is clearly defined. Florida editorial roundup 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z
New Hampshire is not a home rule state. Editorials from around New England 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z
Senators in opposition to the proposal said the proposal overrides home rule of local government entities. The Latest: SC Senate approves its version of $9B budget 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z
If the bill becomes law, it needs to be approved by voters in a referendum because it changes the city’s home rule charter. Jack Evans scandal revives push to ban outside jobs for D.C. Council members 2019-04-02T04:00:00Z
Since the beginning of the home rule era in the 1960s, Democrats have been running the show. Jack Evans must step down, D.C. Council steer clear 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z
They should be standing up for home rule in deed, not just word. Opinion | D.C. doubles down on destructive prison-first policies 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z
District Court sparked immediate controversy, with critics blasting it as an assault on D.C. home rule that will lead to mass incarceration. Opinion | Murders are falling — just not in D.C. But here’s a smart response. 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z
Scrapping home rule in such cases would be extremely difficult. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z
Also absent from the Mansion House gathering were the 26 unionist MPs and six MPs from the Irish Parliamentary Party, which favoured devolved home rule. Centenary of first Dáil commemorated 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z
Over three successive days, says Mr Bryant, it became the venue for debates among the Irish Parliamentary Party, which backed home rule on the island of Ireland. What was going on in committee room 14? 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z
The EU grants foreign financial firms market access if it deems their home rules “equivalent”, or aligned closely enough with its own rules. Explainer: What is equivalence? Britain's banks face patchy EU access 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z
Finally, and worst, the Conservative opposition was arming Ulster Protestants to resist home rule for Ireland. Armistice Day: victory and beyond | Neal Ascherson 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z
Senators should adopt the home rule bill, which is SB 4. West Virginia editorial roundup 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z
The EU grants foreign financial firms market access if it deems their home rules “equivalent”, or aligned closely enough with the bloc’s own rules. Britain nears Brexit financial services deal with EU 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z
In its brief, AWC said cities don’t need specific permission to impose taxes, thanks to a state law that gives them broad “home rule” power to manage their own affairs. Association of Washington cities backs Seattle in legal battle over income tax 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z
But for all the shortcomings of 20th-century state constitutional reforms, New York City’s mayor, City Council and civic groups haven’t hesitated to hide behind the limits of home rule. Albany to City: Drop Dead 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
As African Americans gained political power in the 1870s, the Citizens Association of the District of Columbia successfully opposed home rule. Opinion | How citizens associations helped keep D.C. racially segregated 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z
Plagued by mismanagement and chronic budget deficits, the city found its debt downgraded to junk-bond status in early 1995 and faced possible financial collapse or even loss of home rule. Opinion | D.C. just won a big reward for its comeback 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z
With the restoration of democracy, Catalonia achieved the home rule that had long been the limit of its political ambition. The siren call of separatism 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z
The group has signed a letter to the state Supreme Court and bases its stand on "the issue of home rule," says the CEO. Association of Washington cities backs Seattle in legal battle over income tax 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z
He decided unilaterally that the Legislature would intervene to vote on creating a separate city only if City Council first approved a so-called home rule message asking Albany to do so. Albany to City: Drop Dead 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z
He said cities and counties are creations of the state government, and that the state’s home rule amendment grants them the power to do what they want - unless the state government tells them otherwise. Iowa part of national trend placing limits on local control 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z
The rut began with 1974 home rule privileges and Walter Washington’s election as mayor. D.C. voters stuck in deep Democratic rut 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z
Why let outsiders decide on local term limits when that’s essentially usurping home rule? Florida editorial roundup 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z
The Muncie schools bill promises to be prickly, as it’s seen as diluting the idea of home rule. Recent editorials published in Indiana newspapers 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z
Gen Franco's death in 1975 and the transition to democracy brought the region of two million people home rule. Eta apologises ahead of dissolution 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z
Senator Liz Krueger, a consistently liberal voice who represents a district on the East Side of Manhattan, said during debate on the Senate floor that the bill signaled the death of home rule. In New York Budget, a Fusillade Against de Blasio 2018-03-31T04:00:00Z
Ben W. Gilbert, then The Post’s deputy managing editor, who had long overseen the newspaper’s local news coverage, was a close friend of Mayor Washington’s and an active advocate of the fledgling home rule experiment. In segregated D.C., few officials feared rioting. They had not considered the suffering of black residents. 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z
Congress did not approve home rule until 1973, allowing for an elected mayor and D.C. council. After bloodshed in earlier U.S. riots, D.C. police showed restraint in 1968 unrest 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z
Mayes remembers being swept up in a King march for district home rule when he was 12 or 13. Fifty years ago some called D.C. ‘the colored man’s paradise.’ Then paradise erupted. 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z
A referendum will be included on the Tuesday primary ballot that asks city voters to approve home rule authority in Rockford. Rockford proposing new video gaming fees 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z
HF 2372 is an attack on home rule mounted by members of a party that claim to believe in local control. Recent editorials published in Iowa newspapers 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z
She became the only Republican to receive more than 30 percent of the vote in a D.C. election since home rule. D.C. Republican Party plots rise in Democrat-majority city 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z
It’s all a bit rich, given state legislators’ supposed dedication to home rule. Opinion | We know who really rules the Gunshine State 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z
Lebanon’s road kill statistics into the news, yet the home rule municipality of some 33,000 cleans up its own whitetail messes as well as those of some of its neighbors. Seeing more road kills? It might mean nothing 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z
Jackson says the lower court ruling weakens cities’ home rule powers and efforts to protect citizens. Supreme Court won’t hear Cleveland gun registry case 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z
Proposal 95 is yet another assault on the longstanding principle known as “home rule,” which enables local governments to enact ordinances and regulations without, in most cases, interference by the state Legislature. Florida editorial roundup 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z
The Rockford Register Star reports McNamara and leaders of a resident-run Rockford for Home Rule campaign argue home rule authority would “end our reliance on a dysfunctional state government.” Rockford mayor says he’ll seek limits to home rule powers 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z
Spain’s suspension of Catalonia’s home rule was immediate and implacable, and went far beyond what is established in the Spanish constitution. Spain wants revenge. But arresting Catalan leaders only gives us strength | Jordi Solé, Josep-Maria Terricabras and Ramon Tremosa 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z
Because “home rule” provisions in the constitution are too weak. Editorials from around New York 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z
“This is not a suspension of home rule but the dismissal of those who lead the regional government.” Spain demands Catalonia elect new leaders weeks after region voted for independence 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z
In a letter to Mr. Bellone, the association said the initiative “poses a serious threat to home rule, restricts village budgets and jeopardizes the ability of local municipalities to adequately govern.” New York Towns’ New Deal: We’ll Make Your Signs, You Sweep Our Streets 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z
For Ohio lawmakers to succeed in overriding the home rule authority of cities, they must show that their actions serve a larger statewide interest. Editorials from around Ohio 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z
Mr. Vance, who won or shared more than a dozen local Emmys, rose to prominence at a time when home rule and self-governance opened doors for a new black elite in the District. Jim Vance, Washington’s longest-serving local news anchor, is dead at 75 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z
In some ways, the fate of the nursing home rule adds urgency to the efforts by the consumer bureau. U.S. Agency Moves to Allow Class-Action Lawsuits Against Financial Firms 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z
The state is exercising the rights of its soverignty and the people who live therein.Some states where there is an abundance of home rule... Blue Cities Want to Make Their Own Rules. Red States Won’t Let Them. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z
Other groups are pushing for changes to more mainstream provisions, among them home rule — the tenet that counties and municipalities control their own destinies. A Constitutional Convention for New York? This May Be the Year 2017-07-05T04:00:00Z
City voters made the mandate a permanent part of Pittsburgh’s home rule charter several years ago. Court: Pittsburgh police may live outside city limits 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z
When the District got home rule in 1973, the reins of local government were passed from generally conservative white congressmen to longtime black leaders in the city. This 75 year-old has been a gay rights activist for decades. Now, he’s back on the Mall fighting Trump. 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z
Firms from outside the EU are already allowed some access to the single market under an 'equivalence' system, provided the European Commission deems their home rules and supervision to be equivalent in strictness. UK financial sector proposes untested system to keep EU access 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z
As Prime Ministers Tony Blair of Britain and Bertie Ahern of Ireland looked on, the proceedings ended direct British control of Northern Ireland and reinstated home rule for its 1.8 million people. Martin McGuinness, an I.R.A. Leader Turned Peacemaker, Dies at 66 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z
In his speech, Mr Brown will argue a new form of federal home rule is needed to unite the country and avoid years of "bitter division". Gordon Brown: 'Holyrood should gain Brexit powers' - BBC News 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z
Passage of the bill would roll back the clock in Florida 50 years, before the state constitution was amended in 1968 to establish home rule for local governments. Florida editorial roundup 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z
“He realized following the women’s march and the attack on home rule that people not only are concerned but they want to be active.” How a tweet inspired a show of defiance against GOP meddling with D.C. laws 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z
The decision by the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee disappointed the law’s advocates and D.C. leaders who consider Chaffetz’s plan an affront to home rule. Chaffetz pledges to seek vote in House to overturn D.C. assisted-suicide law 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z
The home rule program shifts power from the state to the local level. Harpers Ferry mayor says city sales tax beneficial 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z
Judge Michael Russo ruled the law violated protections in the Ohio Constitution that protect cities’ home rule authority. Ohio to appeal judge’s ruling on local hiring law 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z
Before home rule was enshrined in the Florida Constitution, it was not unusual for the Legislature to consider thousands of bills a year dealing with local issues. Florida editorial roundup 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z
It argued that the state law passed last year violated home rule powers guaranteed in the state Constitution. Judge blocks Ohio law that would ban some local hiring rules 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z
But the Sixth Circuit’s unanimous decision upheld the county’s ability to enact a local right-to-work policy on the basis of home rule. Right-to-Work Zones in Deep-Blue Illinois? 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z
Empowered by Congress, which granted the city partial home rule, voters elected an African American mayor and a predominantly black city council. ‘Why would I leave? It’s my home.’ 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z
While most of the District’s registered voters favored Tuesday’s referendum for D.C. statehood, it is not the best solution for addressing the District of Columbia’s shocking lack of voting rights and complete home rule. The other path to statehood 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z
Failure to exercise it, even under restricted home rule, means relinquishing the will of D.C. residents to unchecked powers — as in the days of the D.C. commissioners. My life in the District is living proof that voting makes a difference 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z
The nursing home rule, which was first proposed in July 2015, was aimed at improving disclosure. U.S. Just Made It a Lot Less Difficult to Sue Nursing Homes 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z
So-called home rule powers to enact local laws are defined by the state constitution. Forum on NY constitution and local power held this week 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z
Their club, founded in 1887 by poor Irish Catholic immigrants, rapidly became associated with political causes, from campaigns against economic discrimination suffered by Catholics in Scotland to the fight for Irish home rule. Put out more flags 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z
And it would retain its unique identity while gaining both full voting rights and full home rule. The other path to statehood 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z
Lanier, 49, is the longest serving police chief since the District of Columbia was granted the authority to largely govern itself under home rule in 1973. D.C. Police Chief Departing to Head NFL Security 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z
This is all in play because of the partisan politics that set up D.C. home rule, which, designed by congressional Democrats, allows their party to sustain control of the 13-member legislature no matter what. Rigged D.C. elections set up White to replace Orange 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z
Congress created partial home rule in the District in 1973, allowing residents to elect a mayor and city council. In D.C., disappointment with Obama over his silence on statehood 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z
Gladstone's fourth term as prime minister was overshadowed by his insistence on introducing a third bill promising "home rule" for Ireland. 13 Downing Street departures - BBC News 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z
And third, however repellent to devotees of “home rule,” we must establish a meaningful and muscular role for the federal government in local policing. Police Forces Belong to the People 2016-07-11T04:00:00Z
But defenders of the law argued it trumps the “home rule” authority, and the residency requirement is applied uniformly statewide. Court: Milwaukee can’t enforce worker residency requirement 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z
In fact, of the four at-large seats on the council, home rule and election laws only allow a minority party to win two of those seats per election cycle. Rigged D.C. elections set up White to replace Orange 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z
If the House bill becomes law, it “shakes the foundation” of home rule, Norton said. House Republicans take unprecedented step to upend local D.C. law 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z
But if Britain quit the EEA, UK-based firms wanting to operate in the EU would face an "equivalence" test to prove to Brussels that their home rules are as strict as those in the EU. As Brexit vote looms, U.S. banks review their European commitments 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z
Congress granted home rule to the District in 1973, allowing city residents to elect their own mayor and council but maintaining the final say over the city’s budget and laws. Congress asking if DC government can spend its own money 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
Congress granted home rule to the District in 1973, allowing city residents to elect their own mayor and council but maintaining the final say over the city's budget and laws. House Republicans are looking into whether the District of Columbia government truly has the power to spend local tax dollars without approval by Congress 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z
The insurrection marks the first serious effort to win more autonomy since the 1960s, when D.C. residents demanded home rule as part of the civil rights movement . Clinton vows to be D.C. statehood ‘champion,’ blasts Trump for lack of position on voting rights 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z
When the capital was officially moved to D.C., residents lost voting representation in Congress and the Electoral College, as well as a say in Constitutional Amendments and the right to home rule. Here's Why Washington D.C. Isn't a State 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z
The energy industry sued, saying the local governments lacked the authority to issue such bans, but the state’s highest court upheld the “home rule” of municipalities in 2014. Maryland county becomes first in state to say ‘no’ to fracking 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z
It was only after the Turks and Caicos government implemented rules around sharing tax information that home rule was restored in 2012. Panama papers Q&A: British overseas territories and Crown dependencies - BBC News 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z
The Ulster unionists were pledging to resist home rule for Ireland by armed force. The difficulty of marking the 1916 Rising - BBC News 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z
Judge Ross is a D.C. native, so home rule, old school D.C. democracy is in his DNA. DEBORAH SIMMONS: Why Judge Maurice Ross, Harry Wingo are vital to democracy in D.C. 2016-02-08T05:00:00Z
Bridgeport is one of the home rule program’s charter municipalities. Bridgeport to impose local sales tax under home rule 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z
The city of Grand Rapids, as a home rule city, is granted constitutional authority to create a plan of government regarding local matters. Grand Rapids pot law will stand after court declines case 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z
Mr. Obama needs to make clear that he would veto any budget that includes additional infringements on the city’s home rule. Sacrificing the District to keep the federal government running 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z
The unionists were encouraged by the leader of the Tory party, Bonar Law, who threatened to support an insurrection against the Crown if home rule was pushed through. The difficulty of marking the 1916 Rising - BBC News 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z
During the state’s first home rule pilot program, the city of Huntington developed several new policies and strategies to help with the problem, including a local land bank that began in 2009. West Virginia Editorial Roundup 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z
The home rule program requires cities that impose a municipal sales tax to reduce business and occupation taxes. Bridgeport to impose local sales tax under home rule 2015-12-15T05:00:00Z
Superior Court in 1973 after the passage of home rule legislation for the District of Columbia led to the start of that new court. Washington-area obituaries of note 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z
The District is all too aware that its right to home rule is cavalierly and regularly offered up as a sacrificial lamb to keep the government running. Sacrificing the District to keep the federal government running 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z
Many Democratic local leaders see the vouchers as an intrusion on home rule in the nation's capital, noting that Congress has been unable to enact a national voucher program. In last radio address, Boehner promotes school vouchers for District of Columbia students 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z
The concerted effort by Bowser allies to funnel money into the PAC is unique for a mayor in the 40-year history of home rule in the District and a rarity nationwide among big-city mayors. Big money for the White House and for Congress. Now for D.C. city hall, too? 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z
Although the island has home rule, the United States Constitution gives Congress the ultimate power to “make all needful rules and regulations.” Data on Spending, Trevor Noah Starts and Tesla Unveils an S.U.V. 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z
Mr. Rajoy’s government hasn’t offered the sort of inducements toward greater home rule that appeared to blunt separatist sentiment in Scotland. Catalan Vote Sets Odds on Secession 2015-09-24T04:00:00Z
His crusade coincided with a renewed push by Irish nationalists for home rule. A Passion for Hurling, the All-Ireland Game 2015-08-28T04:00:00Z
Despite the appearance of home rule, Congress has the authority to quash D.C. Could John Oliver put D.C. voting rights on the national stage? 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z
It is called the West Lothian question, and it is an old problem, going back at least to Prime Minister William Gladstone’s crusade for Irish home rule in the 1880s. English Votes For English Laws: Are We Nearing A Solution? 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z
Those judges’ rulings followed two Ohio Supreme Court decisions that upheld camera enforcement as within local “home rule” powers under the state constitution. Ohio battle over traffic cameras heats up again 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z
"The people were promised home rule, they were promised and I quote 'as close to federalism as possible'. Why does your Scotland Bill not even deliver the limited Smith Commission proposals?" David Cameron makes 'FFS - full fiscal shambles' jibe at PMQs - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z
So much for the party of small government and “home rule.” A roundup of recent Michigan newspaper editorials 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z
In a letter to the House commerce committee, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan said the legislation “infringes on the time-honored principles of home rule and local control.” Bill would prohibit local wage, benefit agreements 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z
Downstairs in the basement sits a photo of Walter, arm in arm with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy, during a District march for home rule. Walter Fauntroy’s long absence hasn’t shaken his wife’s faith that he’ll return 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z
Colbert King: D.C. home rule is under attack. No more disrespecting the District 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z
The commission would not set the pay of those elected under home rule authority. Ohio Senate passes proposal to create pay raise commission 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z
In fact, it’s one of more than a dozen bills this session that would poke holes in home rule. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z
The District was granted limited home rule by Congress in the 1970s. Sen. Rubio, Rep. Jordan propose repealing D.C. gun control laws 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z
Apart from the Gray probe, Machen’s office obtained guilty pleas from three former council members — the highest-ranking city officials convicted of corruption felonies since home rule began in 1974. Unresolved Gray case threatens Machen’s legacy in corruption fight 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z
He served for 20 years in Congress, where he helped lead the push for D.C. home rule and chaired the Congressional Black Caucus in the early 1980s. Walter Fauntroy’s worrisome absence comes amid legal, financial problems 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z
Dayton and Springfield sued the state Wednesday, saying the law violates their right to home rule authority to set their own policies and regulations. Cities challenge Ohio traffic camera law as unconstitutional 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z
The independence and temperance movements reinforced each other, and in 1908, four years after gaining home rule, Iceland held a referendum on a proposal to outlaw all alcohol from 1915. Why Iceland banned beer 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z
“The home rule statutes and the Kentucky Constitution itself only allow local governments the power that the legislature grants them,” Baughman said, adding that the wage increase would conflict with state laws. Lawsuit filed over Louisville’s minimum wage increase 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z
In a 4-3 decision Tuesday with three written dissents, the court decided the home rule clause of Ohio’s constitution doesn’t allow a municipality to unfairly impede or obstruct drilling activities otherwise permitted by the state. High court upholds Ohio’s power to regulate oil and gas 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z
Fortunately, some states devolve some of authority to localities and/or counties, especially concerning economic development matters, an arrangement called “home rule.” Kentucky's Great Labor Experiment 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z
The SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson attacked the Conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour over Scottish devolution, and accused them of "not proposing the real home rule that was promised". Scottish voters 'sick of Westminster' 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z
Like most of its Sunni neighbors, Qatar has no wish for home rule based on a strict interpretation of Islamic law, or for any challenge to its hereditary monarchy. Qatar's ties to militants complicate relations with U.S., neighbors 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z
Churchill had expressed support for home rule as early as 1912. The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z
The plaintiffs say that the federal law is binding and the District’s authority to amend acts of Congress is limited to those passed before home rule. Suit over charter school funding may test D.C. autonomy 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z
The former SNP leader said the vote in May was about forcing the UK parties to deliver "real home rule" for Scotland. UK vote 'not about referendum' 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z
She says it’s an important decision affecting home rule and is not just about GMO. Hawaii County Council decides to appeal GMO ruling 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z
Compounding the perception of Cleveland police as an occupying force was the decision in 2009 by the Ohio Supreme Court to uphold legislation passed at the state level to overturn Cleveland’s “home rule” policy. In Cleveland, road to recovery on policing is filled with challenges, entrenchment 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z
Although Churchill was against home rule for Ireland and initially implemented harsh repression, he was also an early advocate of partition, Toye explains. The 10 greatest controversies of Winston Churchill's career 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z
We thought all the angles had been covered, since the Senate had passed D.C. home rule legislation seven times before. Colbert King: D.C. home rule is under attack. Here’s what Bowser must do next. 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z
Over the past two decades she was active in pressing Congress to grant the District of Columbia home rule and congressional representation. Mary Burke Nicholas Washington Dies at 88; Led New York Police Review Board 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z
Media outlets report that the board considered the tax proposals and other aspects of the cities’ home rule plans during a meeting Monday in Fairmont. W.Va. home rule board OKs cities’ sales tax plans 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z
He expertly intertwined the District’s home rule, African American empowerment and socio-economic struggles with his own pockmarked narrative. The death of Marion Barry
Lawmakers would need a three-fifths vote margin in each chamber to pre-empt home rule. Minimum wage poses predicament for service agencies 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z
The essence of home rule is the right of D.C. residents to decide — not for the nation, only for themselves — on a particular course of action. Colbert King: D.C. home rule is under attack. Here’s what Bowser must do next. 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams called the Smith Commission report "another giant step towards the long held Liberal Democrat vision of a federal United Kingdom and home rule". Offer Wales same powers, says Jones 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z
Wheeling is one of the original home rule cities. W.Va. home rule board OKs cities’ sales tax plans 2014-12-02T05:00:00Z
Horse-trading between the White House and the lame-duck Congress will be an inevitable part of the process, but we hope the price of keeping government open won’t be D.C. home rule. Don’t trade away District laws in a congressional budget deal
Mr. Barry’s rhetoric served to perpetuate himself in office, inflame racial divisions in the city and set back the causes of statehood and expanded home rule. The complicated story of Marion Barry
The district was given “home rule” in 1973, which is as patronizing and insufficient as it sounds. Former D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and the Real Washington Dysfunction 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z
Republicans, having seized control of Congress in 1994, had been looking for an excuse to curtail home rule in the nation’s capital, he said. Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D.C. mayor was the most powerful local politician of his generation
Then, the year after D.C. finally achieved home rule, in 1974, he was elected to the city council. Postscript: Marion Barry (1936-2014) 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z
The best way Democrats can prove they support the principle of home rule for the District is not to sell it out. Don’t trade away District laws in a congressional budget deal
“During his decades in elected office in D.C., he put in place historic programs to lift working people out of poverty, expand opportunity and begin to make real the promise of home rule.” Washington D.C. Mourns Its 'Mayor for Life' 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z
The low voter turnout in the April primary and last week’s election — 27 percent and 32 percent, respectively — was bad for home rule. Root out the corruption, but let’s wrap up the probe of D.C. politicians
He organized a “Free D.C. Movement” to press for home rule. Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D.C. mayor was the most powerful local politician of his generation
Of the six cities on the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Seward and Kenai are home rule law, according to the Department of Commerce. Soldotna mulls home rule question 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z
The Post’s View: Who will stand up for D.C. home rule in budget negotiations? Don’t trade away District laws in a congressional budget deal
Still, the 54 percent support Bowser won is still the least enjoyed by any incoming mayor in 40 years of D.C. home rule. Muriel Bowser claims ‘clear mandate,’ but how she will use it is less clear
A campaign for Scottish home rule is to be launched later, which draws support from a number of political parties. Home rule campaign to be launched 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z
United House of Prayer for All People’s former bishop, Walter “Sweet Daddy” McCollough, was once courted as a kingmaker by D.C. politicians in the first decades of the city’s home rule. D.C. mayor candidates appeal to bases of support as election nears
The adoption of home rule, however, was not their triumph. Think about D.C. home rule before voting
For Ward 8 resident Brenda Dickerson, 70, the celebration was a reminder that the city, while achieving partial home rule, still has battles to fight. At city hall, a birthday party for D.C. and a look back at the fight for home rule
That law allows governments of cities classified as home rule class cities to forgo primaries for city elections. Bowling Green moving to end city primaries 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z
A number of factors are driving voters’ uncertainty, not the least of which is that this is the District’s most competitive general election since home rule. For black voters in D.C.’s mayoral election, this time the choice isn’t so clear
The mayor’s race is shaping up to be the most closely contested general election for the office in the District’s 40 years of home rule. D.C. mayoral hopefuls Muriel Bowser and David Catania spar on education, homelessness 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z
That home rule era was a monument to mismanagement, neglect, wasted money, wasted opportunities. Think about D.C. home rule before voting
It follows the suggestion by party leader Nick Clegg that the party should aspire to deliver home rule to Wales. Welsh powers discussed for manifesto 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z
The district did eventually win home rule — allowing nominal control over local affairs — and in 1971, obtained the right to elect a nonvoting delegate to the House. The State of the Non-State, Washington, D.C. 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z
Ms Williams was speaking at the Lib Dem conference in Glasgow where the party leader Nick Clegg made a pledge about giving home rule to Wales. Wales 'needs more say on destiny' 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z
As heavy industry declined in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and oil was found under Scottish waters, talk of home rule started up again. Let England shake 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z
Realizing that the home rule election in 1974 lacked rules governing the electoral process, Congress enacted legislation to regulate political campaigns, including financial contributions. Think about D.C. home rule before voting
In his pivotal speech ahead of the referendum, Gordon Brown offered a "modern form of home rule". After the referendum: the 10 most pressing questions facing the union 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
It is here on our own islands that we have always struggled, ever since William Gladstone was thwarted over home rule for Ireland in the 19th century. So the union is secure for a generation after the referendum? I wouldn't be so sure, Mr Cameron 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
"And what is right for Scotland is every bit as right for Wales. Under our watch Welsh home rule must become a reality," he said. Wales 'needs more say on destiny' 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z
Brown took it upon himself to announce on Monday that there would be home rule for Scotland. Shambolic and divided: how Better Together nearly fell apart 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
Let’s not give home rule opponents more stones to throw our way. Think about D.C. home rule before voting
This timetable to further Scottish devolution, nothing less than "a modern version of home rule", was "self-contained and unaffected by anything else happening elsewhere", he said. Gordon Brown tells Scots: I'll make sure Westminster keeps promises 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
I think what the SNP should consider doing is saying to parliament that we should be going for home rule for Scotland. Former SNP leader backs Sturgeon 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
The political truce that saved the Union collapsed on Friday as David Cameron’s plans for English “home rule” were condemned by Labour. The Ghastly Constitutional Mess Left By Scotland's No Vote 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z
But “the pulse failed” when Mr. Brown “carelessly, disgracefully promised ‘nothing less than a modern form of home rule’ for Scotland, and the three panicking Westminster party leaders, whose nerves had failed, backed him.” In Scotland’s ‘No’ Vote, an Emphatic ‘Yes’ for Change in Britain 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z
The majority of Scots that took part in the vote backed home rule - but the Labour government had set a threshold of 40% of the total electorate for the result to stand. The Alex Salmond story 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z
I wouldn’t deny Maryland and Virginia citizens their right to home rule, representation and self-determination based on moving violations that I don’t find fair. Granting D.C. statehood
In an attempt to head off a yes vote, England has promised Scotland an expanded home rule through greater tax-and-spending powers. Ten ways the Scotland referendum is like the American revolution and three ways it isn't 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z
Independence or home rule – one or other was guaranteed to be Scotland’s future, more than any realist in Scotland could have dreamed when the campaigning began two years ago. Scottish Independence: How the Better Together Campaign Threw It All Away
More autonomy for Scotland is practically independence, Mr. Parris said, and “must lead to home rule for England.” In Scotland’s ‘No’ Vote, an Emphatic ‘Yes’ for Change in Britain 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z
May 30, 1913: The House of Commons in London passes a home rule bill for Scotland following decades of lobbying and three rejected bills. Milestones of Scots' journey to independence vote 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z
With increasing power, The Young Scots made home rule a central feature of national politics in the run up to the First World War. The parliament that never was 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
Even the Scottish Covenant Movement, which pressed for home rule in the 1940s and early 50s, usually stressed its deep attachment "to the crown and … the framework of the United Kingdom". Scottish independence: catalogue of errors that has brought UK to the brink 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
About a decade later, Congress granted the city home rule, allowing for the creation of a local government. Washington DC fights in Senate hearing to become the 51st state of the union 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z
The Lib Dems would like to see a federal structure for the UK - "home rule all round" for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. What changes if Scotland votes 'No'? 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z
April 20, 1934: Two nationalist parties merge to create a Scottish National Party committed initially to home rule, not independence. Milestones of Scots' journey to independence vote 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z
On top of that, the Irish home rule movement was rapidly gaining strength in the late 1800s, creating a feeling within Scotland that Ireland was getting unfair preferential treatment. The parliament that never was 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
The essence of home rule is the ability of residents to elect their own leaders. What does a corrupt politician owe D.C. residents?
"The principle of home rule is an important one," Quinn said in a news release announcing the vetoes. Governor vetoes statewide ride-share legislation 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z
Council in its bid for budget autonomy have unearthed new research on the city’s history of home rule that promises interesting arguments when the case is heard by a federal appeals court in the fall. The District’s budget autonomy decision could rest on Home Rule Act’s history.
The humorous, though pointed, critique is a fresh and imaginative tactic in residents’ ongoing struggles for home rule. Demand change on District issues from House Speaker John Boehner
His arguments for home rule might also resonate with 'Yes' voters today, as he cheekily cited lack of interest in Scotland from English MPs. The parliament that never was 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z
There were 200 German guards but they stayed on the perimeter, allowing the prisoners "home rule". The prisoners who grew 33,000 lettuces 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z
Huge numbers of them did just that in the primary, causing the election to register one of the lowest voter turnouts since home rule began. Can Muriel Bowser be defeated?
There was pressure for devolution and independence - not for Scotland, the issue was home rule for Ireland. Count down to war: 100 years on 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z
At stake, the president wrote, were “the principles of States’ rights and of District home rule.” D.C.’s gun laws are in the cross hairs again
The Administration “strongly opposes” the House provision, writing in a letter released Monday that it poses legal challenges to the Metropolitan police department’s enforcement and violates the principle of D.C. home rule. Decriminalization of Pot Law Takes Root in Washington 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z
Infringements on Washington’s home rule hits an ever-sensitive nerve, setting off howls of “hypocrisy” and “tyranny” in a city whose license plates read “Taxation Without Representation.” Marijuana Decriminalization in Washington D.C. Is Contested by Federal Lawmakers 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z
Proffering home rule to this scenic British province was the equivalent in politics of what Walter Scott had done for Scottish culture by reinventing the kilt a century before. How did it come to this? 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z
Instead, she and the four judges who joined her said the language and history of the state oil and gas law did not show any intent to exercise its power to supersede local home rule. How two small New York towns have shaken up the national fight over fracking
The court, however, said the two towns “acted within their home rule powers” to ban drilling. Should New York's Town Fracking Ban Be Allowed Elsewhere? 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z
The court in a 5-2 decision stressed that it did not consider the merits of the bans, but only the “home rule” authority of municipalities to regulate their land use. New York Top Court OKs Local Gas-Drilling Bans 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z
The interference from House Republicans, however, was broadly seen as another defeat for home rule in the District — and the ability of its Democratic mayor and left-leaning council to self-govern. House Republicans block funding for D.C. marijuana decriminalization
Environmental advocate Helen Slottje said hundreds of communities across the country are using the principle of home rule in similar fights. NY top court considers local bans on gas drilling 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z
“The ruling is an unequivocal endorsement and reaffirmation of home rule for local towns in New York, including the right to entirely prohibit hydro-fracking in their towns,” Slottje said. How two small New York towns have shaken up the national fight over fracking
LBJ also fell short, and the House passed a watered-down substitute that would set up a prolonged, uncertain process for establishing home rule. D.C. home rule was part of LBJ’s idea of a Great Society
Pro bono lawyers recently argued to Sullivan that Congress permanently appropriated the city’s general fund when it first granted home rule. D.C.’s budget autonomy bid ‘tugs at the heartstrings,’ but ‘the court can’t rule from the heart,’ judge says.
The modern case for Scottish home rule goes right back to its unification with England in 1707. The Scottish National Party at 80 2014-04-11T01:03:58Z
The second half of the 19th Century was marked by the rise of a new republican movement and battles over home rule which often decided the fate of British prime ministers. Britain and Ireland: A brief history 2014-04-08T07:24:25Z
She has the third-longest tenure of the nine chiefs since the District achieved home rule. Gray keping Lanier as police chief hailed as signature accomplishment in crime fight 2014-02-16T22:47:07Z
He presented the case for "home rule" in a 2012 report titled . Lib Dems to unveil Scots power plan 2014-02-04T08:53:32Z
Remember my earlier argument that localism—or local control expressed formally through home rule grants, as it’s sometimes known—became the spatial successor to Jim Crow segregation. The racism that still plagues America 2014-01-20T16:00:00Z
"If we just look at home rule sales tax, from 2009 to 2012, comparing it year over year and month over month, there always seems to be a spike in March," Nichting said. Analysis: Caterpillar plan illustrates risk of variable pay plans 2013-09-01T12:04:42Z
Those seeking a constitutional route to self-government were rewarded with the restoration of home rule in 1914 - although this was soon suspended at the outbreak of World War I. Britain and Ireland: A brief history 2014-04-08T07:24:25Z
“The issue of home rule is the demise of the industry.” Bans and New Rules Make Gas Drilling’s Future Uncertain in New York 2013-01-04T02:55:57Z
However, Charles Stuart Parnell's Irish Parliamentary Party regularly used the tactic at Westminster during the 1880s in an effort to get home rule onto the parliamentary agenda. How do you talk for 24 hours non-stop? 2012-12-12T01:55:49Z
We shall promote home rule and federalism at every opportunity. 'Home Rule' plan to be unveiled 2012-10-16T00:31:13Z
The 29 September parade marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Ulster Covenant in opposition to home rule in Ireland. Residents meet on Covenant parade 2012-09-18T08:07:01Z
“What you find is that the phrase ‘home rule’ in plain English means something a lot different than ‘home rule’ the legal phrase,” Mr. Linzey said. Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
That's why I see Governor Cuomo's notion of "home rule" working in both directions -- with communities having the right to opt out, but also opt in -- as a decent start. Dot Earth Blog: 'Gasland' Filmmaker Takes on Cuomo and 'Dot.FlatEarth' 2012-06-28T14:00:34Z
On the latter point, the governor is, in essence, conceding to the effort by some communities to exert home rule in blocking this industrial activity but saying home rule cuts both ways. Dot Earth Blog: Cuomo's Wise Move on New York's Gas Resource 2012-06-13T18:12:42Z
The judge, Nancy Margaret Russo, said Monday that the law was “an unconstitutional attempt to pre-empt the plaintiff city from exercising its home rule powers under the Ohio constitution.” Judge Rules Restaurant Law Unfair to Ohio Cities 2012-06-13T01:51:32Z
In a ruling issued on Monday, Cuyahoga County Judge Nancy Russo found that the state law was an improper attempt to stop the city from exercising its home rule powers under the Ohio constitution. Judge sides with Cleveland in its trans fat ban 2012-06-13T00:08:07Z
Concluding otherwise would “eviscerate” the concept of home rule, he added. Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
Rather than squabble over the tense political topics of the day, such as Irish home rule, they put aside their differences, married sisters and built a company. Change Agents: It Takes Two 2012-05-16T20:08:57Z
Of Mr Gladstone’s home rule policy he was an uncompromising opponent. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z
The next resolution passed by the convention was, "that we earnestly hope, we shall soon congratulate our fellow-citizens of Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home rule in Ireland." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z
The Government announced that a bill giving home rule to Ireland would be introduced, and if it failed of passage the Government would resign. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
The home rule provision allows Albany to pass what are called “special laws” that only affect part of the state, but only pursuant to a request from local officials, typically the local legislative body. Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
After he had passed his nineteenth year and was nearing his majority he began to chafe and grow restless under the restraints of home rule. Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1 (of 2) The True Story Of A Great Life 2012-01-05T03:00:35.370Z
The Irish members had tried to keep him out; but this did not prevent his advocating home rule for Ireland, and also for India. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z
The first step was to apply to every parish, for the parish there is our ward, and something more, for it has a far greater measure of home rule. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z
On the same day Sir Horace Plunkett submitted to Lloyd George his report on the Irish Convention's plan for home rule. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
Both of the recent decisions invoking home rule issues hinged on whether the issue being addressed was a matter of “substantial state concern.” Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
Under the operation of this "home rule" provision, 85 of the 102 counties of the state have adopted the township system. Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z
State Sen. James Seward, an Otsego County Republican, is co-sponsoring a “home rule” bill that would allow communities to pass local laws banning fracking. NY to begin gas drilling hearings; industry calls rules too strict, green groups say too lax 2011-11-15T21:22:08Z
At Ravenstonedale, where numerous customs peculiar to the parish or immediate district prevailed, the people had a strong belief in home rule, and insisted on having it. Bygone Cumberland and Westmorland 2011-11-01T02:00:23.027Z
No home rule proposal ever submitted in this House proposed to deprive the Imperial Parliament of the power of dealing with all questions in relation to the army and navy. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z
Albany lawmakers did not obtain a home rule message from local officials in either case. Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
We earnestly hope that we may soon congratulate our fellow-citizens of Irish birth upon the peaceful recovery of home rule for Ireland. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z
When home rule was up, he had no eyes or ears for any political subject but Ireland, of course excepting his favorite excursions into the twin subjects of Homer and Christian theology. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z
“This is a home rule issue,” he said. The Big Picture: Local Laws Fighting Fat Under Siege 2011-07-01T01:43:02Z
But they came out with the preconceived notion that kindness would win the people over, whereas what those people wanted was not foreign kindness but home rule, not silken political swaddling clothes, but freedom. The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 2011-06-29T02:00:28.167Z
Instead, the judge held that the way the law was passed in Albany ran afoul of a provision in the state constitution known as home rule. Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
It sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland, and protests against the persecution of the Jews in Russia. A History of the Republican Party 2011-10-14T02:00:29.980Z
In taxi conflicts past, legislators typically employed a “home rule” philosophy that allowed the City Council to handle issues that, due to legal or political quirks, technically required state approval. Bloomberg Move Exploits Taxi Industry?s Limited Reach 2011-06-22T02:51:24Z
The proposed amendments do not apply to charter counties and cities that have home rule status. Anti-abortion amendments added to proposed Ohio budget bill 2011-06-07T21:38:49Z
If we can stand up to the fleet, then we can secure home rule, the first in the Americas. Caribbee 2011-06-05T02:00:16.273Z
“It’s become shorthand for local control, which obscures the fact that home rule as a legal concept is something that is relatively difficult to exercise.” Justices Cite Vague Rule Twice This Month 2012-08-28T02:22:11Z
The case for Scottish home rule goes right back to its unification with England in 1707. Minority to majority 2011-05-06T17:24:23Z
Herein lies the advantage of local home rule. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z
The Governor had at last brought peace to the distracted Territory, but at the expense of the principle of home rule in the Territory, and upon the point of the sword of the Union. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z
It is not land purchase, or reform of the franchise, or temperance, or home rule, though these needs are great enough; it is education. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z
The majority of the British people supported Gladstone during many home rule sessions. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
Both were driven to the demand for home rule. Irish Nationality 2011-01-11T03:00:30.560Z
The bill also grants casinos and racetracks an exemption to home rule. 'Last' casino licensee doesn't like new odds 2011-01-02T06:00:00Z
This was execrable jurisprudence, and even Mr. Cass, who was really the father of the idea of home rule in the Territories, dissented from it, and voted for Mr. Chase's amendment. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z
If the governments decide to change the home rules it's up to them. U.S., Europe airlines cry foul over export loans 2010-10-07T13:12:00Z
For thirty-five years home rule has been an issue in Great Britain. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
In a remarkably muted response to the limits on superintendents’ salaries, Richard Bozza, the executive director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators, appealed to the principle of home rule. News Analysis: Christie Waging a War on Local Government 2010-07-17T05:45:00Z
Congress, which oversees the District, is unlikely to overturn the decision since Democrats tend to be more respectful of the city's home rule. The ICE man: Obama's backdoor Arizona-style program 2010-07-16T11:01:00Z
He was a Union-loving Democrat, and a firm believer in the doctrine of home rule in the Territories. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z
Although he initially opposed District home rule, he eventually changed his mind. Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92; West Virginia lawmaker was the longest serving member of Congress in history 2010-06-28T11:20:00Z
Then, three times in succession, it passed the home rule bill. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
McMillan had been the chairman of the House committee that ran the District, and for 25 years, he had blocked every home rule bill that was introduced. D.C. voting rights activists will try to get even 2010-04-22T16:23:00Z
That made the thing quite unacceptable to all Cubans whose aim was the independence of the island or even genuine autonomy and home rule. The History of Cuba, vol. 4
Besides this, the Douglas idea of "popular sovereignty," or, as we now call it, home rule, in the Territories, had won many adherents. The Middle Period 1817-1858 2011-03-14T03:01:05.737Z
The principle of local autonomy or home rule had long been cherished by the Spanish people in the Iberian Kingdom, and it was transplanted by them in an increased degree to their Antillean colonies. The History of Cuba, vol. 1
His one desire is to wreck home rule, and so there cannot be arrangement by consent. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
It purposed to be home rule, but every article gave a loop-hole for Spain not to fulfill her obligations. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future
The Union was then the hot theme of debate, the Irish having incontestably shown themselves incapable of home rule. Maria Edgeworth
If Ireland votes as a unit, all Ireland will have home rule; if each county is to have the right of self direction, Ulster will be detached from the rest of the island. American World Policies
She has "home rule" in its fullest sense, with her own Parliament and ministers in all departments except that of foreign affairs. Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia
Irishmen like myself who believed in home rule and disbelieved in revolution did not agree with this spirit. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
There was no possibility now of home rule under Spanish domination. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future
The autonomists stood between these extremes, favoring home rule instead of independence, while admitting the misgovernment of Cuba. The Greater Republic A History of the United States
Lord Beaconsfield published the famous letter to the lord lieutenant of Ireland, and in deep accents and sonorous sentences endeavoured to make home rule the issue of the election. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
At home you complain of your brothers, and you think my home rules harder than the Lady Principal’s. Dorothy at Oak Knowe
On Sept. 19th, 1914, the home rule bill was signed, but its operation indefinitely suspended. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
To talk of home rule is to idle away time. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future
The home rule was one of austerity and repression. Home Life of Great Authors
Presented with freedom of Aberdeen: on Irish agitation for home rule. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3)
Nothing short of entire independence from the English nation or the establishment of home rule on some practical basis could insure peace and contentment in Ireland. History of Human Society
It was the Ulster contention that home rule would be unreasonable, intolerable, and unjust. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
It was too late now to speak of reforms or of home rule in any shape. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future
It had reluctantly conceded them political home rule; it was soon to thrust upon them freedom of trade; and it was not inclined to retain burdens when it had given up privileges. The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways
An essential part of the scheme of union, as he saw it, was local home rule. The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
Immediately afterwards the great political opportunity of Lord Hartington's life came to him in Mr Gladstone's conversion to home rule for Ireland. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter"
It is enough to say that English authority refused to abandon the home rule measure and in April, 1914, Mr. Asquith promised to vindicate the law. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
The revised constitution provided for "home rule" for cities, which allowed them to adopt their own charters instead of going to the Legislature. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI
The czar issued a proclamation promising home rule to Poland as soon as Germany and Austria had been repulsed. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources
This right has not been recognized, however, even in the constitutions which have made most concessions to the principle of municipal home rule. The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy
The inharmonious Democrat-Liberal-Republican alliance increased the Republican majority, but the returns from the South confirmed the suspicion that home rule was in sight. The New Nation
Their rebellion came about as a sequel to the unjust and dishonest handling of home rule. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
The principle of home rule requires such gathering, and the missionary at Madras, without seeking it, naturally becomes a sort of secretary and treasurer and entertainer of the whole body of Telugu workers. A Tour of the Missions Observations and Conclusions
With this home rule he also offered self-government and freedom of law and religion, and the reconstitution of the old Polish territory by means of the annexation of Posen and Galicia. The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources
For Home Rule carried to its final sub-division is simply home rule; the independence of homes. G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study
The reign of terror subsided by 1872, but it had done much to dissuade the negro from using his new right, and had started the movement for home rule in the South. The New Nation
In spite of the conservative element in England and the British element in Ireland, the modus vivendi of home rule was arranged. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
Alexander's recognition of home rule in Poland had given the Poles a parliament and army of their own. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
The example of home rule presented by the "Kreis" and the provinces of Prussia since this reform, is not assuredly of a nature to frighten weak nerves. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Many a young husband can get pointers on "home rule" from "Baseballitis;" it is a mighty good presentation of the "My Hero" theme in actual life. Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing
From the reestablishment of Southern home rule until the advent in politics of the Farmers' Alliance no issue appeared in the Southern States that even threatened to split the dominant vote. The New Nation
The Unionist and Orange organizations pledged themselves that under no conditions would they acknowledge a home rule government or obey its decrees. The Invisible Censor 2011-01-29T03:00:20.267Z
A constitution on home rule principles was proclaimed in West Australia. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
An English public man of high standing assured me, some years ago, that these Prussian beginnings of home rule had attracted the serious notice of Mr. Gladstone. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
One by one in various ways the Southern states had recovered home rule until, on the inauguration of Hayes, carpet-bag negro governments existed in only two states, South Carolina and Louisiana. Historical Essays
They could readily see and understand that I was more afraid of the "home rule" than I was of them, and would lose no opportunity to say and do things to provoke me. Twenty Years of Hus'ling
Let them live their own lives in their own way, with some simple form of home rule of their own. The War in South Africa Its Cause and Conduct
In British North America a new era of home rule began after the Earl of Elgin took his oath as Governor-General of Canada in January. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
Kaupepee, who might have governed Molokai in the twelfth century, had he not chosen war as his vocation, was a believer in home rule. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate
To do this they must have dissembled and done as much homage to the victorious barbarians as would ensure their safety and serve as a blind while they strengthened their home rule. Chaldea From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria
This book beginning with the inauguration of Hayes shows how he reestablished home rule in the South, thus clearing the way for a realization of education and economic reconstruction of both South and North. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922
Such pronouncements as these from considerable portions of the native population give pause even to those liberal English students of Indian affairs who are convinced of the theoretical desirability of Indian home rule. The New World of Islam
The Neapolitan soldiers numbered a little more than 40,000, of whom 12,000 were in Sicily engaged Battle of Rieti at Palermo in suppressing a counter revolution for home rule. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
Such is the programme of the party who want home rule for the Philippines—ever Spanish! The Philippine Islands
This was the beginning of home rule in Ohio. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.
She flattered them by leaving in their hands at least the insignia of self-government, and she conceded to them as much home rule as was compatible with the retention of her paramount authority. The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ A Devotional History of our Lord's Passion
Such protests against home rule from large sections of the Indian population gave pause even to many English students of the problem who had become convinced of home rule's theoretical desirability. The New World of Islam
In South Africa some measure of home rule was accorded to Cape Colony by the institution of a representative legislative council under a governor appointed by the Crown. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three)
For local legislation and administration they tend to separate, and already Ireland has obtained home rule. Society Its Origin and Development
Not for home rule alone was the Revolution fought, but for the democratization of American society as well. Beginnings of the American People
And yet, this administration typifies what Mr. Rhodes is pleased to term the restoration of home rule at the South, for which all lovers of good government should rejoice. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918
"We must give home rule," declared Lloyd George, "not only to Ireland, but to Scotland as well, and to Wales." Lloyd George The Man and His Story
Such can not be said of those who are now the representatives of what Mr. Rhodes is pleased to term home rule. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
"And if you could manage not to discuss home rule—" "I will make an effort." Love Among the Chickens A Story of the Haps and Mishaps on an English Chicken Farm
In Ireland there is rebellion, almost, over the home rule. The Boy Scouts on the Trail
Every amendment to the Constitution, from the first to the last, has limited the application of the doctrine of home rule in government. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2
"And home rule for hell," shouted a man in the audience. Lloyd George The Man and His Story
Another inference to be drawn is that those States had enjoyed home rule until the same was revolutionized or set aside by the Reconstruction Acts of Congress and that it was finally restored in 1877. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
The spirit of Donnybrook Fair is there today as much as ever, and wherever you see a head, hit it, would be home rule. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists
Now he promised, not only to give Russian Poland home rule, but to add to it the Polish peoples in Austria and Germany. History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War
Yet, sir, they persevered until they achieved home rule—as will Ireland at no distant day. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
Irish members; their exclusion from imperial parliament in the event of the grant of home rule. Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Debate Index Second Edition
That which has existed since what Mr. Rhodes is pleased to term the restoration of home rule is simply that of a local despotic oligarchy. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
They have practically given home rule in local affairs to every community. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
Their attempts to obtain home rule or independence have been crushed. A School History of the Great War
The heavy yoke of Austria rested grievously upon Hungary, but they raised themselves in revolt and fought fearlessly for their home rule, for their freedom and their rights. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
Thereupon he proceeded to establish home rule in religion as in everything else, and his whole course is an exhibition of great shrewdness. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XII, Jan. 3, 1891
Since the officers, however, were not elected by the people, it may be plausibly claimed that they did not have home rule. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917
It is watchful of the home rule principle. Direct Legislation by the Citizenship through the Initiative and Referendum
In Alsace-Lorraine itself she introduced an amount of local self-government and home rule such as England has not accorded even now to Ireland. The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol. 1, January 9, 1915 What Americans Say to Europe
It was the period when Henry Grattan, the great leader of the first battle for home rule, poured forth his learned and masterly eloquence; when Curran made his powerful plea for religious emancipation. Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z
The Queen Regent has signed the decree giving home rule to Cuba. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 58, December 16, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
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