If you are interested in a district-based City Council positions or term limits for the mayor, council members or controller, then you should vote “yes” for home rule. Creating a district ...

Erie City Council, during its regular meeting on April 16, voted 5-0 to give final approval to an ordinance regarding what's known as a home rule form of government.

What is home rule? Erie currently adheres to the state’s Third Class City Code, with an optional charter, in terms of how its government operates. According to the Pennsylvania Department of ...

Home rule municipalities also have significant latitude to craft their own governmental rules in various areas, according to DCED, except where specifically limited by state law. City Councilman ...

Home rule would mean that “the basic authority to act in municipal affairs is transferred from state law, as set forth by the General Assembly, to a local charter, adopted and amended by the ...

There are "general law" cities that are subdivided into Type A, Type B or Type C. And then there are so-called "home rule" cities that are founded, in part, via the adoption of a home rule charter.

Fort Worth, as a home-rule city, cannot enact an ordinance inconsistent with the Texas constitution or general laws. Inconsistent ordinances are preempted by state law.

Rep. Jim Kasper asked North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley if the city’s approval voting ordinance supersedes the state’s election procedures. Wrigley issued an opinion Tuesday.