Girard Miller offers tips to localities for how to find and obtain the additional aid that is soon expected to flow from the federal…
Wesley Wehde and Junghwa Choi examine the public's preferences for which level of government should be responsible for managing different types of disasters (password…
Ben Miller reports that with the CARES Act funding deadline of December 31 approaching, some states and localities still have significant sums left unspent.…
Craig Green considers pre-constitutional evidence about state constitutions, American independence, and territorial boundaries to challenge "states-first” histories that favor states’ rights and state sovereignty.…
Ahead of Monday's infrastructure vote in Congress, the New York Times reviews some of the top state infrastructure challenges faced by states (password required). Read more…
The U.S. Department of Labor has deployed teams to six state unemployment agencies in an effort to speed unemployment payments and reduce fraud. Read…
David McCormick and Jared Cohen explore how federalism allows state and local leaders to play a role in international affairs. Read more here.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced a plan to require localities to set concrete goals for constructing additional housing for…
The Center for Homeland Defense and Security's "The Reflecting Pool" series about research being carried out by the institution's students focuses on the role…
The U.S. Treasury Department is releasing $13 billion in rent-relief funds to states and localities that have met certain benchmarks. Read more here.
Scott Beyer argues that localities, rather than the federal government and states, should be given more control over road design. Read more here.
Bill Lucia explores the increasingly forceful calls by Justice Clarence Thomas and Justice Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court to accept more cases involving…
Girard Miller writes that states are, generally speaking, not experiencing severe budget deficits related to the pandemic and are spending federal coronavirus relief funds…
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