Episode 1
Home Rule Empowers Cities to Innovate, Confront Challenges (Episode 98)
Building Local Power · Jess Del Fiacco
April 16, 202040m 51s
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Show Notes
Host Christopher Mitchell speaks with Fordham Law School Professor Nestor Davidson and National League of Cities Research Director Christiana McFarland, authors of a recent report on home rule. Home rule gives cities the authority to make policy decisions locally, without being preempted by state or federal governments. They talk about why local officials need "all the tools in the toolbox" in order to confront challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change, and not be held back by state restrictions.
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