States Look Beyond Federal Government for Disaster Assistance
When disaster strikes, states are increasingly turning to one another, rather than the federal government, for needed resources. Read more here.
When disaster strikes, states are increasingly turning to one another, rather than the federal government, for needed resources. Read more here.
Abbe R. Gluck and Nicole Huberfeld present the results of a five-year study that tracked the details of the Affordable Care Act's federalism-related implementation.…
As the Trump administration continues to implement policies aimed at weakening the Affordable Care Act, some states are considering ways to strengthen the law. Read…
The National Conference of State Legislatures has prepared a brief report on the status of efforts among the states to preserve net neutrality. Read more…
Twenty Republican-controlled states have sued to challenge the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, arguing that if the mandate portion of the law is…
A 2015 law has set local governments in China on a path to fiscal federalism. The central government is trying several ways to promote…
The legislature of Washington state has passed a bill, expected to be signed by the state's governor, that would put in place sweeping net…
Nick Sciulli examines the nature of financial accountability following multiple flooding events in Australia. He writes that the state and federal funding arrangements for…
Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled leader of the Catalan independence movement, has announced that he is abandoning his effort to be reappointed as the region's president.…
A report from the State Energy & Environmental Impact Center at New York University School of Law traces the effects that state attorneys general…
Etienne Forestier-Peyrat writes that study of the Transcaucasian Federation, which united Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan in the early era of the Soviet Union, offers…
Joe Margolies examines how two recent Supreme Court energy-policy decisions have affected cooperative federalism. Margolies asserts that the decisions give states greater latitude in…
In this blog post, James Bowden writes that "democratic deficit" refers to a perceived lack of democratic accountability within the legislative process. He states…
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