states and territories have at least two tiers of local government: counties and municipalities. Louisiana uses the term parish and Alaska uses the term...

Government spending in the United States is the spending of the federal government of the United States and the spending of its state and local governments...

states, local government generally comprises a third or fourth level of government, whereas in unitary states, local government usually occupies the second...

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic...

In the United States, state governments are institutional units exercising functions of government at a level below that of the federal government. Each...

In the United States government, independent agencies are agencies that exist outside the federal executive departments (those headed by a Cabinet secretary)...

Local government law may refer to: Local Autonomy Law, a Japanese statute Local government in the United States Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 This...

regions of the United States Lists of U.S. state topics Local government in the United States Organized incorporated territories of the United States Proposals...

In the United States, government shutdowns occur when funding legislation required to finance the federal government is not enacted before the next fiscal...

with the state and federal constitutions). In other states, only limited authority has been granted to local governments by passage of statutes in the state...