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  2. Land value tax in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In a concurring opinion, Michigan Supreme Court Judge Thomas Cooley in 1871 stated: "[L]ocal government is a matter of absolute right; and the state cannot take it away." [ 14 ] In Maryland, for example, municipal corporations have the right to implement land value taxation, but the counties, including Baltimore City which is treated as a ...

  3. Home rule in the United States - Wikipedia

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    School districts are generally governed by the general laws; a district may adopt a home rule charter, [17] but no district has chosen to do so. [18] Counties and "special districts" (other special-purpose governmental entities besides cities and school districts) are governed solely by the general laws and prohibited from adopting home rule. Utah

  4. National School Lunch Act - Wikipedia

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    It was named after Richard Russell Jr., signed into law by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, [3] and entered the federal government into schools' dietary programs on June 4, 1946. [1] The majority of the support provided to schools participating in the program comes in the form of a cash reimbursement for each meal served.

  5. Android (operating system) - Wikipedia

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    The source code for Android is open-source: it is developed in private by Google, with the source code released publicly when a new version of Android is released. Google publishes most of the code (including network and telephony stacks) under the non-copyleft Apache License version 2.0. which allows modification and redistribution.

  6. Detroit - Wikipedia

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    The average household size was 2.59, and the average family size was 3.36. There was a wide distribution of age in the city, with 31.1% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 10.4% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.1 males.

  7. COVID-19 pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The Iranian government was heavily affected by the virus, which infected some two dozen parliament members and political figures. [ 303 ] [ 538 ] Iranian president Hassan Rouhani wrote a public letter to world leaders asking for help on 14 March 2020, due to a lack of access to international markets. [ 539 ]

  8. United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations and countries, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for coordinating the actions of member states. [2]

  9. Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Mexico, [a] [b] officially the United Mexican States, [c] is a country in North America.It borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east.