The Pew Charitable Trusts reports that Covid pandemic aid has increased the federal share of state budgets to record high levels. Read more here.
The Biden administration has announced that the federal government has restored Medicaid benefits for about a half million Americans who had lost coverage due…
Jeffrey M. Hirsch suggests that federal labor laws "raise questions of preemption" if they conflict with state abortion laws that restrict employer-provided abortion benefits. Read more…
Richard Schragger warns that caution should be exercised in relying on a regional tier of government as a way to solve metropolitan dysfunction. Read more…
New York University School of Law is presenting a webinar titled "New Frontiers in Federalism -- Session 4: Reconfiguring Governance: Navigating the Red-Blue Divide…
Shannon Roesler writes that during the last century, Congress passed ambitious federal laws to address a variety of problems, frequently reaching out to states as…
Bruce Ledewitz offers an alternative to the Independent State Legislature Theory, which he contends would achieve "some of the goals that the Justices who…
The Tenth Circuit Historical Society will present an in-person and online event titled, "Federalism on Trial: State Attorneys General and National Policymaking in Contemporary…
Felipe Ford Cole contends that the common emphasis on federal and state constraints on city power misunderstands "the history of local government law that…
Kyle Wingfield suggests that the Republican Party presidential candidates' responses to questions about abortion demonstrate the "right way" to discuss the topic and how…
Stephanie Muravchik and Jon A. Shields contend that not long ago, Republicans "stressed the virtues of federalism," but now the party presses similar agendas…
Lawrence MacDonnell traces the history of an agreement that has governed water rights in Western states for more than a century. Read more here.
Ilya Somin contends that New York City's migrant challenges stem from an unworkable combination of federal work restrictions and local housing policies. Read more…
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