State Immigration Action Still Elevated
Ann Morse of the National Conference of State Legislatures's Immigrant Policy Project reports that states have enacted slightly fewer immigration-related bills in the first…
Ann Morse of the National Conference of State Legislatures's Immigrant Policy Project reports that states have enacted slightly fewer immigration-related bills in the first…
Amanda Sloat writes that Brexit will challenge how power has been devolved in the United Kingdom and will force debate within the UK about…
A federal district court has declared the federal Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) unconstitutional on grounds that it violates the Tenth Amendment anti-commandeering doctrine.…
In this op-ed, Pavan K. Varma calls for cooperative federalism that is more than merely a slogan. Varma contends that the relationship because the…
Malcolm Cook reports that polling continues to indicate that enthusiasm for federalism among the Philippine people remains low. Only one percent of respondents ranked…
Sarah Berger Richardson and Nadia Lambek write that Canadian federalism offers both opportunities and challenges in creating a national food policy. Read more here.
Governing magazine has prepared a round-up of Supreme Court cases most likely to affect state and local governments. Read more here.
Four right-leaning states -- Idaho, Montana, Nebraska and Utah -- have placed Medicaid expansion on their November ballots. This will mark the first time voters will consider provisions…
Michael Grass reports that states that have accepted Medicaid expansion have suffered fewer rural hospital closures than other states. Read more here.
Erin A. Scharff looks at the changing regulatory role of cities. She suggests that states are increasingly restricting cities' regulatory power in a process she terms…
The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against California to overturn a new law that would restore net neutrality in the state. This…
Ilke Adam and Eve Hepburn write that the study of intergovernmental relations has largely ignored decentralized immigrant integration. In this article, they analyze how governments…
In this op-ed, Michael Cottakis contends that populist attacks on the European Union are disingenuous, but do contain "a grain of truth." He suggests…
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