Pattern of state laws being used by consercatives to disempower liberal cities

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3. more examples

prevention of discrimination laws in STLMO for abortion...
attempt to roll back / eliminate the 1% city income tax in STLMO for all workers who worked in STLMO
roll back of animal rights legislation statewide, MO, heavily supported by urban populations
right to work laws in MO (a lot of unions in big cities)
no help in attracting sports franchises to city from state (cities most logical place to put large stadiums)
no help in attracting police new hires, state is now finally helping city patrol a couple of interstates

I'm sure I can come up w/ more things, this is a good suggestion on your part, that they are too many attempts by state-wide legislations to control large urban populations...