city hall
noun
1
: the chief administrative building of a city
2
a
: a municipal government
b
: city officialdom or bureaucracy
you can't fight city hall
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After years of study, Mendota Heights officials are embarking on plans for a new city hall and police department facility, dubbed the Mendota Heights Municipal Campus Project.
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Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
The woman was taken to the Fort Worth jail, by then best described as an old, filthy, rat-infested hole in the basement of city hall.
—Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The committee sparked a suite of bills aimed at juicing the supply side of Idaho’s housing market — a deregulatory approach targeting zoning laws that has lately found rare bipartisan support at the Capitol, if not in city halls across the state.
—Mark Dee
march 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
The vendors could be selling from tents arranged in the parking lot surrounding a local community center or city hall.
—C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
The woman was taken to the Fort Worth jail, by then best described as an old, filthy, rat-infested hole in the basement of city hall.
—Kevin Foster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
The committee sparked a suite of bills aimed at juicing the supply side of Idaho’s housing market — a deregulatory approach targeting zoning laws that has lately found rare bipartisan support at the Capitol, if not in city halls across the state.
—Mark Dee
march 28, Idaho Statesman, 28 Mar. 2026
The vendors could be selling from tents arranged in the parking lot surrounding a local community center or city hall.
—C.w. Cameron, AJC.com, 28 Mar. 2026
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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