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…
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…
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…
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.…
In a blog post, Jeff Schmitt explains the difference between federal enclaves and federal land to point up misreporting that has recently occurred regarding…
Writing that "Trump mocks federalism," Elie Mystal contends that the Trump administration's moves against California -- such as the administration's efforts to revoke almost…
Writing that "anyone looking for evidence of how irrational politics can be should look to Catalonia right now," Omar G. Encarnación contends that Catalan separatists…
Andres Mejia Acosta and Louise Tillin examine how vertical inter-governmental political and fiscal bargains and horizontal variation in conditions across regions boost or undercut…
A group of scholars from the UK have published a report from the final Brexit and Rights Engagement Network roundtable. Read more here.
A team led by Paolo Dardanelli and CSF Fellow John Kincaid has studied centralization and decentralization over time in a number of federations. The…
Lee Hannah and Daniel J. Mallinson write that although federalism offers states the chance to develop innovative policies, federalism can also be chaotic and…
J. Brian Charles reports that the opportunity zone program created by the 2017 federal tax law could be a boon to many distressed cities. Read…
Liz Farmer writes that more than $6 billion in federal funding is at risk for the states because of President Trump's emergency declaration. Read…
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