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EPA Pledges Federal Assistance to Counties

The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has, in a recent speech at the National Association of Counties meeting, pledged that the Biden administration…

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Distributed Federalism and the Younger Abstention

Anne Rachel Traum writes that federal courts have begun to -- and should continue to -- move away from the Younger abstention that has traditionally…

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Federalism and Education in Myanmar

Ashley South explores how educational issues in Myanmar relate to federalism and the self-determination of ethnic nationality communities. Read more here.

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Data Collection and Dissemination Among the Federal Government, States, and Localities

Bridget A. Fahey explores the intergovernmental market in private data collected by the federal government, states, and localities, and how this data moves among these…

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Labor Department Urges Expansion of Pandemic Unemployment Benefits

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a guidance letter to state unemployment agencies expanding waivers for individuals who marked "able and available" for…

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Federal Cannabis Reform this Year?

Jennifer N. Le explores whether 2022 will be the year that the federal government legalizes cannabis. She contends that the government's “'half in, half out regime'…

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Multi-Level Governance and the Canadian Transfer System

Silvana Gomes examines the ebb and flow of fiscal transfers between the national government and the provinces. Read more here.

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ARPA and Local Funds Use

Andre Claudio reports on how cities and counties are using billions of dollars in federal funds made available by the American Rescue Plan Act.…

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Multi-Level Governance in Hong Kong

Nicholas Aroney and Albert H.Y. Chen explore the "one country, two systems" constitutional order as practiced in Hong Kong from 1997-2019. Read more here.

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The States and Cybersecurity Funding

In an op-ed, Mark Weatherford offers suggestions to states and localities about the most effective way to handle federal cybersecurity aid. Read more here.

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Distrust Remains Between DHS and Sanctuary Jurisdictions

Kery Murakami reports that, more than a year after the departure of the Trump administration, distrust of the Department of Homeland Security's immigration policies…

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American Federalism

Review of “The Divided States of America”

Uday Desai has reviewed Donald F. Kettl's book The Divided States of America: Why Federalism Doesn't Work. Read more here.

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Federalism Conference and Call for Papers

A group of organizations have announced that a conference on federalism will be held in Paris on May 24, 2022. There is also a…

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