Garrett Epps explores the overlapping-jurisdiction issues that have moved to the fore because of the U.S. Justice Department's recently filed immigration lawsuit against California. Epps concludes that…
Huiyu Zhao and Robert V. Percival compare how the United States and China divide responsibility for environmental governance between the national and state governments.…
In this blog post, Jonathan Wood asserts that inconsistency over federalism has become "a bipartisan sport." Wood argues that committing long-term to federalism, regardless…
Ilya Somin considers whether local governments should have more autonomy from state governments. Somin contends that there are potential benefits to this, but that…
The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded almost half a billion dollars for a variety of road, bridge, rail, and other projects around the…
Emily Bergeron writes that the Trump administration has shown a lack of leadership in environmental issues. She contends that cities should take the lead…
The Forum of Federations has published a study of how nations with federal systems of government design and govern their educational systems. Read more here.
U.S. Department of Education secretary Betsy DeVos is finding that, after years of fighting for more local control over education issues, her ability to…
Local schools have come to rely increasingly on Medicaid funding for a variety of services to their students, including occupational therapy, mental-health services, and…
Following the lead of a number of states, a group of technology companies have banded together to preserve net neutrality by pursuing legal action…
The Trump administration has sent a letter to Idaho warning that its new health insurance plans that lack some benefits required by the Affordable…
In this op-ed, Wolfgang Münchau traces discussions in Germany about fiscal union, concluding that they mark a continued move toward federalism. Read more here.
Adrian Vatter has written Swiss Federalism: The Transformation of the Federal Model (Oxon: Routledge, 2018). The book offers a comprehensive review of the federal…
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