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American Federalism

State Commissioners Warn ACA Mandate Repeal Could Hurt Insurance Markets

State insurance commissioners, even those from red states, warned that the number of uninsured will increase, premiums will rise and insurers could exit the…

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Federalism and Supreme Courts

Publius has gathered six previously published articles into a "virtual issue" that examines various ways that supreme courts perform the “umpire of federalism” role. Read…

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Federalism and Civil Asset Forfeitures

Earlier this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that his department would expand the practice of civil asset forfeiture by allowing federal agencies to…

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Cooperative Subfederalism

In this article, Dave Owen notes that much scholarly attention has been devoted to the cooperative federalism that exists between the federal government and…

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Progressives and the Constitutional Convention Movement

In this Nation article, Richard Kreitner argues that the left should embrace the Article V constitutional convention movement just like Progressives and Populists in…

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The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit and Community Health

In this op-ed, Anand Parekh and Caitlin Krutsick argue that research surrounding the federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) increasingly shows links between the…

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The States and Offshore Wind Energy

In this article, Devashree Saha notes that Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island have released reports aimed at developing offshore wind production in the…

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State Governments’ Redistributive Policies Need Not Cause a Race to the Bottom

  Why do state governments' redistributionary policies not result in a race to the bottom as commonly predicted by the fiscal federalism literature? A…

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Local Responsibilities and the State and Local Tax Deduction

In this op-ed, Nicole Gelinas argues that Congress should not eliminate the state and local tax deduction because unlike unitary political systems, the federal…

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Some States Fear the Loss of the State and Local Tax Deduction

Officials in high-tax states fear that eliminating the state and local tax deduction will be stressful for their states’ budgets, depress their real estate…

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States Warn of Cuts to CHIP

The Children's Health Insurance Program, which has a history of bipartisan support, expired on September 30. Congress continues to debate the terms under which it will…

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Foreign Leaders Reach Out to U.S. States and Cities

As the Trump administration reduces staff at the State Department and leaves an unprecedented number of senior positions unfilled, some nations have increased efforts to establish direct…

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Prairie Dogs and Federalism

The United States 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, under the Endangered Species Act, may restrict the…

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