State & Local Government

a legislature made up of two houses

• bicameral

• departments

• Indiana Supreme Court

• infrastructure

citizens in these geographical areas elect legislators to represent them in the state’s legislative branch

• districts

• departments

• legislature

• towns

parts of the executive branch that carry out laws

• departments

• districts

• justices

• divisions

the law-making body in Indiana; consists of a Senate and House of Representatives

• General Assembly

• Congress

• Indiana Supreme Court

• departments

the head of a state’s executive branch

• governor

• president

• lieutenant governor

• justice

the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Indiana

• Indiana Statehouse

• Corydon

• Town Hall

• Indiana Government Center

a process that lets citizens place a law on the ballot to be voted on

• initiative

• referendum

• regulation

• veto

process where citizens vote on a law the state legislature has adopted

• initiative

• referendum

• regulation

• veto

a set of instructions that acts like a law but is issued by the president or governor alone — without the legislature

• executive order

• law

• state constitution

• bill

powers shared by both the federal and state governments

• concurrent powers

• delegated powers

• governor

• justice