Advice to States About the Use of Federal Funds
William D. Eggers and John O'Leary offer strategies to states and localities about how to effectively use federal infrastructure funds. Read more here.
William D. Eggers and John O'Leary offer strategies to states and localities about how to effectively use federal infrastructure funds. Read more here.
A group of scholars offer a case study in conflict between a central government and a locality, in this instance between the national government of Indonesia…
Jan P. Vogler explores how Europeans form their views of the European Union bureaucracy. Read more here.
A panel discussion recently hosted by the Federalist Society focuses on the question of whether federalism tends to lead to a united or disunited…
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to withhold federal grants from Louisiana on grounds that pollution disparities in the state stem from racial discrimination.…
A federal district court in Texas has issued a preliminary injunction against the Environmental Protection Agency's interpretation of waters of the United States. The injunction…
Alejandro E. Camacho writes that the fragmented and overlapping nature of government in the United States poses challenges for environmental protection. Read more here.
In an op-ed, Adam Carrington considers Federalist No. 51 and the importance of federalism in the United States. Read more here.
Matthew Owens and Christopher J. Coyne explore the feasibility of interstate federalism and the challenges that it should address. Read more here.
Nicole Huberfeld writes that a "revived federalism revolution" is evident in recent U.S. Supreme Court opinions "where federalism was not obviously at issue, and…
An article by the Serco Institute provides an overview of American federalism and explores whether federalism can help the nation get beyond budget gridlock. Read…
Ilya Somin writes that a recent federal district-court ruling striking down Missouri's so-called "gun sanctuary" law suffers from some of the same flawed reasoning as…
The State Policy Network has launched the Center for Practical Federalism, which it describes as an initiative "to educate the American public and policymakers on…
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