A state government oversees the whole state while there are local governments such as county governments and city governments.
However, some state courts provided for inherent municipal powers, independent of states, under Cooley's law (providing for home rule movement)
Nevertheless, Dillon's Law , the majority of state decision, provided for only the state legislature to allow powers to municipality.
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in state government they look after the whole state but in local government it looks after the locals
National government deals with the entire nation; for example, what is the legal voting or drinking age. State government does the same thing, but on the state level; for example, at what age can a teenager receive a driver's permit. State laws cannot contradict national laws; for example, the state could not say that the legal drinking age was 15, because the national law has set it at 21.
Reserved powers are assigned to either the federal or local government, but not to both. Concurrent powers are assigned to both the federal and local government, and can be carried out simultaneously or as needed.
A government based on "federalism," or the sharing of power between the national, and state (and local) governments.
the relationship between the federal government and state governments is specifically laid out in the constitution
The 3 levels of the U.S. government are: -State Government -Local Government -National Government