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How are state and local governments

similar to the federal government, and
how are they different?​

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The federal government has limited power over all fifty states. State governments have the power to regulate within their state boundaries. State powers are also limited in the sense that states cannot make laws that conflict with the laws of the federal government.

Federalism

A system of government in which the people are regulated by both federal and state governments.

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