A separatist group in the western Canadian province of Alberta has applied to become a federal political party. The group calls for the western…
Sharmila Murthy writes that state and local government climate-change efforts have taken on greater importance because of Trump administration policies. Murthy examines how such…
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is supporting a bill that would push local governments to use ".gov" at the end of their domain…
The president of Nepal has removed all seven governors from office. Bimalendra Nidhi, vice-president of the Nepali Congress, criticized the removals, declaring that the "government’s…
A number of states are pushing back against the EPA's deregulatory mandates that the states view as efforts to undercut state-level environmental protections. The…
India has formally divided Jammu and Kashmir into two federally administered territories, meaning that the region will now have less autonomy than Indian states.…
Hundreds of cities are participating in a program funded by the U.S. Department of Energy that helps streamline permitting and zoning processes for using…
Elliott Raia reviews the immigration policies of Australia and Canada and contends that the United States should emulate certain aspects of those nations' policies…
Segun Gbadegesin writes that state-level resistance to the national minimum wage is hypocritical and flows from the "fake nature of the federalism which the military…
A new federal overtime rule raises the threshold under which salaried workers receive overtime pay. In response, some states are adopting higher pay thresholds. Read…
Graham Fox points to a recent survey showing the low marks that western Canadians give to federalism to support his contention that the western…
Two California agencies have rejected Trump administration claims that the state is failing to meet federal environmental standards. Hundreds of former EPA officials have…
The Trump administration has recently appealed a Ninth Circuit ruling that largely upheld a California "sanctuary state" law. Ilya Somin contends that this is…
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