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The District of Columbia (DC), USA, is governed by the US federal government, but it also has a local government with significant autonomy.

Should we have a tag for questions about the District's local laws? Or is this more properly a subset of ?

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If you think a question needs a tag then you go ahead and add it. Tags exist to make searching easier and more tags are better than fewer tags.

There is space for 5 tags on a question - only 1,065 out of 16,095 questions currently (12 June 2020) use all 5 (6.6%). Adding a relevant tag where there is space is always a good idea. Replacing a tag with a more relevant tag is probably a good idea - consider if the tag you are proposing to add will help more people find the question than the tag you are proposing to remove will.

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    Well, if there's agreement that one is warranted then there are a number of questions that I could retag accordingly. But if it's a bad idea for some reason and someone is going to go back and delete all my tags, I'd rather know before I start.
    – Nate Eldredge
    Jun 11, 2020 at 22:14
  • @NateEldredge see edits.
    – Dale M Mod
    Jun 11, 2020 at 22:48
  • If you're going to do it, please don't go through and do all of them at once. A handful a day, at most, to avoid drowning new questions with bumps for minor change. @NateEldredge
    – user4657
    Jun 13, 2020 at 22:10
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    Alternate tag/Synonym: washington-dc
    – Trish
    Mar 30, 2021 at 13:28

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