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September 14, 2020

Winter School on Federalism and Governance Announced

The EURAC Research Institute for Comparative Federalism has announced the latest edition of its Winter School on Federalism and Governance, to take place February…

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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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September 11, 2020

Mexican Opposition Governors Leave Conago to Protest National Power

Ten governors have announced that they are leaving Conago, a body created to enhance communication between the federal government and the states. The governors…

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September 10, 2020

Call for Devolved Virus Response in Nepal

An op-ed in the Kathmandu Post contends that the nation could respond more effectively to the coronavirus pandemic by devolving more responsibility to the provinces…

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September 10, 2020

How Have Changes to India’s Goods and Services Tax Affected the Nation’s Federal Structure?

P. Thiaga Rajan asks how, under India's federal system, the states came to be "fobbed off" by the national government. Read more here.

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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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September 9, 2020

Indian Federalism Under Attack?

Writing that "federalism . . . is at its lowest point in recent decades," Sugata Srinivasaraju argues that the national government is becoming too powerful. Read more…

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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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September 8, 2020

Survey Reveals Ethiopian Attitudes Toward Federalism

A new survey reveals that 61 percent of Ethiopians prefer a federal, rather than unitary, structure for government. Some observers, however, have questioned aspects…

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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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September 4, 2020

Federalism and the Indian GST

Writing that "the real test of cooperative federalism comes in a crunch situation," M. Govinda Rao examines how the economic challenges presented by the…

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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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September 3, 2020

India and Asymmetrical Federalism

Sandra Varkey examines constitutional asymmetry in the Indian federal structure. Read more here.

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