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Victim compensation laws provide this for victims of some crimes |
Financial aid |
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This group of experts is appointed to that they may recommend changes to the state constitution |
Constitutional Commission |
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The Head of the State executive branch is |
Governor |
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Program shows young offenders how terrible prison life is |
Shock probation |
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Any states have these as fundraisers for education |
Lotteries |
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This bars discrimination in housing |
Open Housing Act |
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Alaska this is the most common form of local government |
Special district |
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Largest Territorial and political subdivision of a state is a |
County |
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Determine whether the people want to incorporate this event is held |
Referendum |
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This regulates the use of land and buildings |
Zoning |
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This is a type of local government |
State |
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This is the governing body of counties |
County board |
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Once a community is in corrected the state will |
Issue Charter |
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This problem often involves alcoholism or mental illness |
Homelessness |
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These local governments are found mostly in New England of the Midwest |
Townships |
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This was a federal government program for housing in cities |
Urban renewal |
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Local governments receive most of their revenue from |
Taxes |
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This is the value of real property when it is sold |
Market value |
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In these New England Gatherings citizens participate in the lawmaking process |
Town meetings |
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This is associated with homelessness and gangs |
Drug abuse |
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This often means displacement for people City neighborhoods |
Gentrification |
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Elected body in charge of school budget programs and faculties |
School Board |
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The responsibility for school policy rests with the |
School Board |
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When governments calculate the real property it is called |
Assessment |
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Subways trains and buses are forms of |
Mass transit |