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American Federalism

EPA Pledges Federal Assistance to Counties

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has, in a recent speech at the National Association of Counties meeting, pledged that the Biden administration…

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Distributed Federalism and the Younger Abstention

Anne Rachel Traum writes that federal courts have begun to -- and should continue to -- move away from the Younger abstention that has traditionally…

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Data Collection and Dissemination Among the Federal Government, States, and Localities

Bridget A. Fahey explores the intergovernmental market in private data collected by the federal government, states, and localities, and how this data moves among these…

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Labor Department Urges Expansion of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a guidance letter to state unemployment agencies expanding waivers for individuals who marked "able and available" for…

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Federal Cannabis Reform this Year?

Jennifer N. Le explores whether 2022 will be the year that the federal government legalizes cannabis. She contends that the government's “'half in, half out regime'…

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ARPA and Local Funds Use

Andre Claudio reports on how cities and counties are using billions of dollars in federal funds made available by the American Rescue Plan Act.…

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The States and Cybersecurity Funding

In an op-ed, Mark Weatherford offers suggestions to states and localities about the most effective way to handle federal cybersecurity aid. Read more here.

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Distrust Remains Between DHS and Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Kery Murakami reports that, more than a year after the departure of the Trump administration, distrust of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration policies…

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Review of “The Divided States of America”

Uday Desai has reviewed Donald F. Kettl's book The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn't Work. Read more here.

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The Fourteenth Amendment and Federalism

Donald Devine contends that Randy E. Barnett and Evan D. Bernick's recent book, The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment, misapprehends the amendment's meaning. Read…

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The States and Section 1135 Waivers

Jason Semprini analyzes why, during the Covid-19 pandemic, some states moved to adopt Section 1135 Medicaid waivers -- which allow state policy-makers to rapidly…

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State Responsibilities with Federal Broadband Funding

Noting the large amounts of federal aid flowing to the states for broadband improvements, Greg Weiner and Ryan Oakes warn that states have little…

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Federalism and Native American Hunting Rights

The Sheridan College Thickman Faculty Lecture Series will host a lecture by Michael Thomas on federalism and Native American hunting rights. Read more here.

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