State<span> & Local </span>Government<span>. Powers not granted to the </span>federal government<span> are reserved for </span>states<span> and the people, which are divided between </span>state<span> and local</span>governments<span>. ... All </span>state governments<span> are modeled after the </span>federal government<span>and consist of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.</span>
