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Tensions when federal mandates require state actions without adequate funding. The lawmaking process in the Virginia General Assembly. The primary issues in the legislative process at the state level. Ways the executive branch influences policymaking. The governor fills several roles. Cabinet secretaries and departments, agencies, commissions, and regulatory boards. CE 8 The student will apply social science skills to understand the American constitutional government at the local level (1 week) The units of local government in Virginia are counties, towns, and cities. Virginia governments exercise defined and limited powers. a) describing the structure and powers of the local government;(1c) b) explaining the relationship of local government to the state government; (1c) c) explaining and/or simulating the SOLPASS.org matching game
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