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States Sue to Maintain Vehicle Emissions Levels

California and 16 other states have sued the federal government to stop it from weakening vehicle emissions rules. The draft EPA rule targeted by…

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Medicaid Voter Initiatives and Litigation

Idaho might soon place an initiative on the November ballot asking voters to decide whether to expand Medicaid in the state. Voters in Maine…

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Devolution in England Following Brexit

On behalf of the Forum of Federations, Nina Sajic has prepared a report of the results of a 2017 conference about devolution in England…

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2016 Philippines Election Analyzed

In this election report, Julio Cabral Teehankee looks at the regional implications of the nation's proposed shift to federalism. Read more here.

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American Federalism

Distressed Communities as “Opportunity Zones”

The new tax law created a novel approach to assisting low-income neighborhoods by allowing some to become opportunity zones. Investing in these zones will…

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Book on Indian Fiscal Federalism

Naseer Ahmed Khan has edited Challenges and Issues in Indian Fiscal Federalism (Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2018). The book examines various aspects fiscal federalism, including…

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Nationalization of Elections in Australia

Dain Bolwell and Richard Eccleston analyze recent state and territorial elections in Australia to determine the extent of nationalization of sub-national elections. Their analysis…

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The Benefit of Insolvency Frameworks

As part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development's series of fiscal federalism working papers, Katharina Herold writes that high indebtedness for municipal…

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American Federalism

Is Cooperative Federalism in the Environmental Arena Under Threat?

Robert L. Glicksman contends that the cooperative federalism model envisioned by the Clean Air Act and other federal environmental laws rests on a firm…

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Canadian Pipeline Poses a Challenge to Cooperative Federalism

Brent Rathgeber writes that Canadian cooperative federalism might have entered a "new and awkward" phase over the stalled expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain…

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Federalism Intertwined with Three Challenging Issues in Canada

Andrew Bernstein and Stefan Case assert that federalism will play a central role this year in the areas of carbon taxes, energy development, and marijuana decriminalization. Read…

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American Federalism

A Call for Renewed Efforts at Cooperative Federalism

In this commentary, Peter Harkness writes that the nation's procedures for handling intergovernmental conflict are in "tatters." Harkness contends that the path toward progress on…

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Federal Highway Funding Linked to Increased State Taxes and Tolls

As part of the Trump administration's plan to have states shoulder more infrastructure spending, states that raise taxes and tolls will have a better…

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