Municipal Fiscal Report Released
The National League of Cities has published "City Fiscal Conditions 2024," which reviews the fiscal health of American municipalities and considers the role played…
The National League of Cities has published "City Fiscal Conditions 2024," which reviews the fiscal health of American municipalities and considers the role played…
The Hoover Institution has interviewed one of their fellows, Michael J. Boskin, on his thoughts of how American federalism could function better. Read more…
Daniel J. Mallinson and Dylan L. Yingling analyze the role that advocacy groups and the courts have played in American policy diffusion. Read more…
The Forum of Federations has released the concluding episode of its "FedCast" podcast series on language policy and federalism. You can listen here.
Donald F. Kettl considers the application of the Hatch Act, which bans political acts by federal civil servants, to state and local officials. Read…
In an op-ed, Tom Harris argues that efforts for Scottish independence during the last decade have accomplished little more than exposing "the fallacy of…
Abdullah Hassan Mohamed writes that federalism in Somalia has failed and that "what was meant to unite us has only deepened our divisions." Read…
A petition has been filed with India's Supreme Court objecting to the non-restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood. The petitioners argue that the non-restoration "violates…
Anne LaChance compares how the educational systems of four Canadian provinces responded to the Covid pandemic. Read more here.
James Gardner explores a number of new challenges to judicial federalism, including America's increasingly polarized and nationalized politics. Read more here.
The Congressional Research Service examines the relationship between federalism and the U.S. Constitution's Army Clause. Read more here.
Michael Weingartner writes that although federal court deference to state-court interpretations of state law is one of the "core tenets of judicial federalism," the U.S.…
Utah has filed a lawsuit challenging the federal government's ability to hold on to unappropriated lands indefinitely. More than 60 percent of the state's lands…
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