municipality

noun

mu·nic·i·pal·i·ty | \ myu̇-ˌni-sə-ˈpa-lə-tē

plural municipalities

Definition of municipality

1 : a primarily urban political unit having corporate (see corporate sense 1a) status and usually powers of self-government Elections were held in the municipality.

2 : the governing body of a municipality The municipality approved the budget for the year.

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laws that have been enacted by many states and municipalities a municipality with an excellent police department

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Stricken by postindustrial decline and the 2008 financial crisis, its municipalities turned to their police departments and courts to make up for shortfalls in revenue. — Ava Kofman, ProPublica, "Digital Jail: How Electronic Monitoring Drives Defendants Into Debt," 3 July 2019 Local leaders in its 26 cantons, or subdivisions, and community leaders in its more than 2,000 municipalities make many of the policy decisions. — Raghuram Rajan For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, "We can't rely on national governments to save failing communities. It's time for a new approach," 18 June 2019 Bear Priest, clerk of Richland Township, said his municipality is required to allow the mining in certain areas, despite strong public opposition. — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, "Emails show MDOT let lobbyist steer report on gravel shortage for Michigan roads," 6 June 2019 Financing has not been finalized, but is expected to come from the various municipalities or organizations leading different projects. — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, "The future of the White River is in your hands. Here's what you need to know.," 4 June 2019 No other municipalities in the county were affected, officials said. — Vinny Vella, https://www.inquirer.com, "Voting-machine glitch hid true, landslide victory for Hatboro library, officials say," 4 June 2019 Limit an array of local powers, such as banning municipalities from requiring landlords to distribute voter registration information to new tenants and from imposing a moratorium on evictions. — Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "12 ways Wisconsin lawmakers dramatically rewrote rental laws to favor landlords over tenants," 14 June 2019 Oak Forest city officials approved a measure Tuesday that enables the city’s fire department to assist and receive help from fire departments in surrounding municipalities. — Gregory Tejeda, Daily Southtown, "New automatic aid deal will make Oak Forest area fire departments 'a more efficient unit,' officials say," 13 June 2019 Researchers reported municipalities with red-light camera systems in place reported the number of angle crashes dropped 19%, but the number of rear-end crashes increased by 14%. — Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, "Humble officials wary of removing red-light cams after new state law," 5 June 2019

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