Did they really "break away"? I skimmed through the article so I may have missed something, but what I read was about how the municipal authorities took over m

Did they really "break away"? I skimmed through the article so I may have missed something, but what I read was about how the municipal authorities took over many of the state / federal responsibilities. The last one is engaged in a turf war with the state police. What about the federal taxes? Infrastructure projects? Salaries of the state employees?