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American Federalism

December 14, 2017

State Attorneys General File Brief Backing Leandra English

Seventeen states and the District of Columbia are challenging President Donald Trump's appointment of Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection…

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December 14, 2017

Ethnic Federalism in Ethiopia

Bekalu Atnafu Taye writes that Ethiopia is one of three post-colonial African nations to choose a federal form of government designed to accommodate ethnic…

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December 14, 2017

Educational Federalism and the Growth of Market-Based Education

Michael Heise writes that the landscape of educational federalism has shifted dramatically from passage of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001 to the…

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American Federalism

December 14, 2017

Tuition Support Grows at State and Local Level

Democratic proposals for the federal government to provide 'free college' hit a road block with Republican victories last year. State and local governments are picking…

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American Federalism

December 12, 2017

Trump Administration Seeks to Shift Infrastructure Funding to States, Local Governments

The Trump administration wants to shift the burden of funding a massive infrastructure bill onto state and local governments, but Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center…

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American Federalism

December 12, 2017

Mayors Join the Net Neutrality Debate

Nearly sixty U.S. mayors have signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, arguing that their cities will suffer economic harm if the agency repeals net…

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December 12, 2017

Barriers to Interprovincial Trade Challenged in Canada

This month the Canadian Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case concerning the interprovincial importation of alcohol. The resulting decision could have a profound…

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December 12, 2017

Fiscal Federalism in Russia

Gabriel Di Bella, Oksana Dynnikova, and Francesco Grigoli review the characteristics of Russia's fiscal federalism. They assert that federal transfers to regions with lower…

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December 12, 2017

Challenges in European Federalism

John Erik Fossom argues that federalism offers a better understanding of what the European Union is, the challenges it faces, and the kinds of…

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December 12, 2017

U.S. Mayors Endorse Paris Climate Accord

More than 45 mayors of U.S. cities met to commit their cities to support the Paris climate accord by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions…

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December 11, 2017

Inter-Provincial Business Regulation in China

Guang Shen writes that China and the EU's multilevel governance structures have led to challenges in preventing lower-level political entities from impeding capital mobility.…

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American Federalism

December 11, 2017

Holding Safety Hostage

The chief of police of Tucson, Arizona, argues that current U.S. Department of Justice policies on illegal immigrants endanger public safety in cities by…

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December 5, 2017

Let States Decide Fate of Sports Betting

George Will argues that in the U.S. Supreme Court’s current case, Christie v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the court should uphold federalism and rule…

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