Which of these levels of governments are categorized as local governments? counties and states states and municipalities counties and municipalities counties, states, and municipalities

The correct answer is C. Counties and municipalities

Explanation:

The term local government in the U.S. and other countries refers to the government entities that do not belong to the national or federal government (states), including counties (composed by cities, townships or municipalities) and municipalities (composed by towns, villages, rural territories or similar). Additionally, local government is also related to special districts such as school districts, public libraries or public parks that are linked to a specific territory or region and deal with the administration of some aspect of the region or territory they cover. Thus, the levels of governments that are categorized as local are the counties and the municipalities as these deal with specific regions of a country and not with the federal or national government system which is the opposite to local government.

 counties and municipalities

Explanation: counties are the big part after the state of where you live and a municipalitie is where you live like Detroit or Lansing

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