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Home rule under pressure: Arizona’s rebalancing of state and local power
In Arizona, we still speak the language of local control. The state constitution permits cities to adopt charters, and “home rule” is often treated as a settled feature of our […]
Senators vote to ask voters to eliminate cities’ ability to have own charters
State senators voted Tuesday to ask voters to eliminate the ability of cities to have their own charters -- but only after its sponsor promised to narrow it to affect only Tucson and Phoenix and, pretty soon, Mesa.
Bid to kill home rule in 19 cities defeated
A bid to kill home rule in 19 cities was defeated Tuesday when two Republican senators who represent some of those areas refused to go along.
Lawmakers push to strip 19 cities of home rule rights
Arizona lawmakers are moving to strip 19 cities of their right to home rule simply to help get Republicans elected to the Tucson City Council.
