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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Try getting a plaque on city hall commemorating an event where people took LSD (which, as was pointed out several times Thursday, was perfectly legal at the time).
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
Fulton County voters decided several major local races Tuesday, selecting new leaders for city halls, school boards and key council seats across metro Atlanta.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
But climate action is moving elsewhere, to regional partnerships, in city halls, and across the global south—with or without American leadership.
—Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
The Lakeland City Council has nixed a plan to purchase a commercial building in town for its next city hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
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Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2025
Fulton County voters decided several major local races Tuesday, selecting new leaders for city halls, school boards and key council seats across metro Atlanta.
—Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
But climate action is moving elsewhere, to regional partnerships, in city halls, and across the global south—with or without American leadership.
—Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025
The Lakeland City Council has nixed a plan to purchase a commercial building in town for its next city hall.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 26 Nov. 2025
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“City hall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/city%20hall. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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