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American Federalism

September 11, 2020

GAO Encourages Increased Intergovernmental Coordination

The U.S. General Accountability Office has issued a report calling for improved coordination and consultation between federal agencies and states and localities. Read more…

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American Federalism

September 9, 2020

Legality of Restricting Grants to Cities Questioned

Legal experts are questioning the legality of the Trump administration's plan to restrict grants to Democrat-controlled cities. Read more here.

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American Federalism

September 8, 2020

Does Eviction Moratorium Undermine Federalism?

The Centers for Disease Control recently issued a nationwide moratorium on residential evictions. Ilya Somin contends that the moratorium "poses a grave threat to…

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American Federalism

September 8, 2020

States’ Rights to a Clean Environment As a New Progressive Federalism?

Melissa Hoffer writes that a new kind of progressive federalism has arisen as the federal government has taken a less active role in environmental…

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American Federalism

September 4, 2020

CDC Tells States to Prepare for Vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control has requested that the states be prepared to distribute coronavirus vaccines by later October, although it is unclear whether…

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American Federalism

September 3, 2020

New York Leaders Call for Federal Aid

Governor Andrew Cuomo and labor union leaders have requested almost $60 billion in aid from the federal government, saying that the state is in…

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American Federalism

September 2, 2020

Are States “Supplicants” of the Federal Government?

Donald F. Kettl writes that the pandemic has revealed how tattered intergovernmental relations between the federal government and states have become. Read more here.

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American Federalism

September 1, 2020

The Trump Administration and Medical Supply “Chaos”

Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus report on the Trump administration's plan to require states to get their own medical supplies as coronavirus cases ramped…

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American Federalism

August 31, 2020

States Consider Counting Mail-In Ballots Early

Many states are expecting a record number of mail-in ballots for the upcoming November election. A number of swing states are considering counting mail-in…

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American Federalism

August 28, 2020

Analysis of the Indian Law “Bombshell”

Robert J. Miller and Torey Dolan explore the possible ramifications of the McGirt v. Oklahoma U.S. Supreme Court ruling, writing that it "is probably the…

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American Federalism

August 27, 2020

Fiscal Federalism and the Pandemic

A group of scholars have proposed a revitalization of fiscal federalism as a way to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Read more here.

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American Federalism

August 26, 2020

Call for More Federal School Funding

Jim Douglas writes that now is the time to boost federal spending for schools and to rethink how schools are funded. Read more here.

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American Federalism

August 26, 2020

Poll Reflects Low Approval of Federal Government’s Coronavirus Response

A new poll shows that Americans are more satisfied with how states and localities, rather than Congress and President Trump, are handling the coronavirus.…

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