1. How does local government affect students' daily lives? 2. What do you think are the greatest problems facing local governments today?

3. Why might intergovernmental cooperation be an important part of local government?

4. What type of local government oversees your town or city? Do you think it's the most effective type of government for your area? Explain your answer.

5. Do you think the township, a form of local government established in colonial New England and governed by town meetings, can still be effective today? Why or why not?

1. Local government manages those services that are nearest to your day to day life – water, roads, public safety, parking and so much more. Although we can pack our bags and testify before Congress and state legislature, it's much easier (and more impactful) to give your opinions before county or city government.

2. There are a host of challenges that face local government in the 21st century: delivering services; lack of finance; managing staff; engaging citizens; forming new partnerships; and, rapidly evolving technologies and socio-economic demographics.

3. The purpose of local government is to provide an organized system where councils exercise their power and responsibilities to work together for peace, order and good governance of their municipal districts. ... Federal and state laws exist to provide protections for citizens.

4. mayor-council government, commission government, and council manager government. Municipalities usually include? a state's cities, towns, villages, and boroughs.

yes, beacause The chief characteristics of local government, which may be studied by comparison of the United Kingdom, Germany, the U.S., and Russia, are (1) constitutional status, (2) areas and authorities, (3) powers, (4) finance and local freedom, (5) organization, and (6) central controls.

5. yes, because An assembly in the New England Colonies in which male landowners could take part in government. ... Why were town meetings important to New England colonists? Town meetings gave colonists a voice in how their colony was governed. Everyone could attend, but only male church members were allowed to vote.