As Douglas County’s home-rule election gets underway, the battle is already red hot. Here’s what’s at stake. Voters will decide in June 24 special election whether to form a commission to ...

Updated at 10:33 p.m. on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. Special election results: Ballot Question 1A: Shall the voters of Douglas County, State of Colorado, elect a County Home Rule Charter Commission to ...

When Barrett Roth first heard about home rule, he wasn't sure how to feel. "I think, like everyone else, I was kind of shocked, and had to learn a lot about it," Roth said. And learn more he did ...

Home rule opponents, Cathy Lees and Kelly Mayr, address a group of volunteers at a Douglas County library before heading out to canvas voters, May 31, 2025. “What we're saying is, this process ...

This is a solution we’re providing,” said Dr. Jay Callegari, Chairman-at-Large of the Avoyelles Parish Home Rule Charter Commission. “We’re not saying it’s 100% going to work.

ST. GEORGE, La. (WAFB) - Early voting has started, and St. George residents are deciding on the newly incorporated city’s home rule charter, which is basically the city constitution.

That has Marshall, the state representative from Highlands Ranch, questioning just how much grassroots support the home-rule movement has in Douglas County. And layer on that a recent survey of nearly ...

The county lost both cases. “We will be an independent legal entity under state law — and we are not that as a statutory county,” Teal said. “Home rule is the very mechanism of local control.” ...