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American Federalism

March 6, 2019

Trump Administration Loses More Sanctuary Jurisdiction Fights

The Trump administration has continued to attempt to impose grant conditions on states and localities that were not authorized by Congress. Ilya Somin explains…

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March 5, 2019

Fundamental Federalism Bills Stalled in Nepal

Jagdishor Panday reports that a number of bills that are crucial to the process of strengthening federalism in the nation are stalled in the…

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March 5, 2019

Federalist Principles Not Honored in Kurdistan?

Saying that Iraq should respect its own constitution, which is based on federalism, the prime minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Nechirvan Barzani, has…

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March 4, 2019

Federalism and Rural Development

Ganesh Prasad Chalise, Arun GC, and Kiran Ghimire of Nepal's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development examine the relationship between federalism and rural development. Read…

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March 4, 2019

Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India

T.M. Thomas Isaac, R. Mohan, and Lekha Chakraborty analyze fiscal federalism in India by examining trends in vertical fiscal imbalances between the national government and…

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American Federalism

March 4, 2019

Federal Government and Philadelphia at Odds Over Injection Site

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit to stop Philadelphia from implementing a safe drug-injection site on grounds that the site violates…

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March 1, 2019

Brexit, the EU, and the Economics of Federalism

Niels Philipsen writes that the economics of federalism helps shed light on both why many voters in the United Kingdom voted for Brexit and…

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American Federalism

March 1, 2019

In New Jersey, Marijuana Supported at the State Level, Opposed Locally

About 50 local governments in New Jersey have banned recreational marijuana use. The bans have been put in place as the state is expected…

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American Federalism

March 1, 2019

Federal Government to Overhaul States’ Management of Child Welfare

Mattie Quinn reports that legislation included in the federal government's 2018 spending bill could "completely upend the way child welfare operates at the state…

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February 28, 2019

Federalism and Sri Lanka

D.B.S. Jeyaraj reviews efforts to move the nation to a federal form of government and bemoans the "false binary between unitary and federal" in…

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February 28, 2019

Governors Call for Return of SALT Deduction

Laura Maggi reports that a group of governors from eight high-tax states have joined together to call on Congress to eliminate the cap on…

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February 27, 2019

Governors Seek Trade Agreements

Complaining that the Trump administration's tariffs are hurting business in their states, a number of governors have stepped up efforts to promote their states…

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American Federalism

February 27, 2019

Trump Administration Ends Fuel-Standards Talks

The Trump administration has ended fuel efficiency talks with the California Air Resources Board as part of its continuing effort to roll back regulatory standards.…

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