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Overview of the Federal-State Unemployment Program

Unemployment claims have spiked in response to the spread of the coronavirus. A U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) bulletin outlining the salient aspects of the federal-state…

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Does Coronavirus Response Threaten Ethiopian Federal-State Balance?

In an op-ed, Tefera Degu Addis worries that the national government's assertion of powers to deal with the coronavirus outbreak "raises the issue of constitutional…

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American Federalism

Recommendations Offered to Local Governments During Virus Outbreak

Victoria Perez and Justin M. Ross offer proposed solutions to the challenges of public finance and intergovernmental collaboration faced by local governments during the…

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Why Have Americans Regions Responded So Differently to the Pandemic?

Colin Woodard suggests that the states' widely varying responses to the coronavirus look like "a macabre laboratory of federalism" because different regions of the…

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Post-Virus Planning Moves Ahead in Some States

Alex Brown writes that, in the absence of leadership from the federal government, some states are forging ahead with plans of how to return…

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EU Stops Short of Pooling Debt

European Union finance ministers have agreed to a large stimulus package in response to the coronavirus pandemic. But EU members balked at offering joint bonds,…

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American Federalism

The “Nation-State” of California?

Writing that "federalism has always had rough spots," Francis Wilkinson considers California governor Gavin Newsom's recent statement that California is a "nation-state" that would…

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Interview About Governmental Powers During Health Emergencies

C-Span has interviewed Scott Burris, the director of Temple University's Center for Public Health Law Research, about federal and state powers during health emergencies.…

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Podcast on Federal Power During a Pandemic

Walter Olson and Caleb O. Brown explore "Federalism vs. Federal Power in a Pandemic" in a recent edition of the Cato Daily Podcast. You…

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Federalism and Federal Pollution Controls

Alejandro E. Camacho and Robert L. Glicksman use federal pollution controls as a way to illustrate overlapping governmental authority. Read more here.

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“Corona-Federalism”?

Joshua A. Geltzer assails the Trump administration's handling of the coronavirus outbreak as "disastrous" (password required). Read more here.

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Federal Government Allows State to Use Funds for Online Learning

The U.S. Department of Education has released waivers allowing states to use existing federal funding for new technology that will assist with online learning.…

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American Federalism

Does Coronavirus Crisis Reveal Federalism’s Shortcomings?

Mark J. Rozell contends that federalism is useful in many ways, but "it is during crises and emergencies when federalism's shortcomings are most on…

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