Noun
the government of a local area
Source: WordNetWhat we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Calvin Coolidge
In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States. Albert Bushnell Hart
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. Dick Thornburgh
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. Imran Khan
At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law. Margaret Thatcher
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. Richard Nixon