Writing that the Trump administration's deployment of unmarked federal officers to Democrat-led cities "has raised difficult legal questions about local control," Kevin Johnson and Kristine Phillips…
According to a new survey conducted by the National Association of Counties, two thirds of counties receiving funds under the federal CARES Act indicate…
Henry Grabar interviews Mildred Warner, a professor of city and regional planning, about her thoughts on what the federal government could do to assist…
Girard Miller writes that local public schools need much more federal funding to open safely. Read more here.
A number of Democratic mayors have pushed back against the Trump administration's plans to deploy federal officers to their cities, contending that the federal…
The Trump administration is preparing to send federal agents to Democratically controlled cities -- as done in Portland -- over the objections of local…
Emily Tsui explores how federalism affects efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the Canadian Arctic. Read more here.
Matthew L.M. Fletcher contends that tribes should have the authority to pierce the legal complexities surrounding Indian reservations to enforce strict coronavirus policies. Read…
Niranjan Sahoo compares how the three nations have responded to the coronavirus pandemic. He writes that the U.S. has not responded well because "American federalism…
M.P. McQueen reviews the financial powers of the federal government and states and traces five ways that each affects the economy. Read more here.
Fourteen Republican attorneys general have filed an amicus brief in federal court to support the U.S. Department of Education's new rules for how colleges…
The Economist reports that protests against Vladimir Putin's government have broken out in the city of Khabarovsk in the far eastern region of Russia. Protesters…
President Trump announced this week that his administration is exploring more federal involvement with law enforcement in cities. Read more here.
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