Green Federalism Conference in Kolkata
The Heinrich Böll Foundation will hold a conference on green federalism November 13 and 14. Topics include: "Federalism and Sustainable Development," "Federal and Sub-National…
The Heinrich Böll Foundation will hold a conference on green federalism November 13 and 14. Topics include: "Federalism and Sustainable Development," "Federal and Sub-National…
A nonpartisan commission on Medicaid has urged the Trump administration to stop revoking Medicaid recipients' coverage after Arkansas pulled coverage from more than 8,000…
Annie Lo of the Brennan Center for Justice reports that a three-judge federal court has struck down Maryland's congressional map on partisan gerrymandering grounds.…
In an interview, David Daley discusses how gerrymandering affected the 2018 midterm elections and efforts at the state level to reign in the practice. Thomas…
Ilya Somin writes that three developments have increased the chances of removing the federal marijuana ban. He contends that eliminating the federal ban would…
Randal O'Toole reports that ridership of public transit has declined steadily since 2014. He contends that federal, state, and local governments should stop subsidizing…
Josh Dunn considers the local and state backlash resulting from the "heavy-handed" educational policies of the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. He describes the…
This week, Michigan voters approved a proposal to shift responsibility for congressional and state legislative redistricting away from political leaders and to an independent…
Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, et al., have edited Federalism and the Welfare State in a Multicultural World (Montreal: McGill-Queen's Univ. Press, 2018), part of the Queen's…
In elections this week, four red states considered whether to expand Medicaid coverage. Voters in three of the states approved the measures. Read more here.
Will Marshall writes that today's economy is organized around vibrant local regions rather than "nation-states." He urges progressives to redefine federalism by moving decisions…
A new task force on federalism has been formed to raise public awareness of federalism and to consult with various governmental and private groups…
Trial began this week on the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the census. The Brennan Center for Justice has prepared an annotated guide to…
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