The primary funding source controlled by county governments is the property tax.

Under the appointment model, which of the following is true?

Which of the following best explains why some legislatures send bills to the governor even though they know they will get vetoed?

Community courts, domestic violence courts, and veterans courts are all examples of ______ courts.

Which of the following is true of “professional” legislatures?

States with a ______ system have administrations where the various offices are elected, and the governor is one office among many.

Despite lobbying by the bail bond industry, cash bail in many states has been replaced with ______.

The degree of flexibility in education that states can give to localities depends greatly on scale.

In ward or district elections, the advantage of organizing these elections on the basis of geography is that ______.

Increases in salaries and staff sizes by legislators are viewed by the public as ______.