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Treasury Clarifies Use of ARPA Funds

The U.S. Treasury Department has issued new guidance to states and localities in how to use American Rescue Act Plan funds. Read more here.

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Cities Challenge U.S. Census Count

A number of cities across the nation, including New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Houston, are challenging the federal census, claiming that the U.S. Census Bureau…

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Should the Democratic Party Focus More on State and Local Elections?

In an op-ed, David Brooks writes that the Democratic Party is failing to defend democracy because the party pays too much attention to maintaining…

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Book on Federalism in India

M. P. Singh has written Federalism in India (New Delhi: SAGE Publications, 2022). The book offers a broad analysis of the Indian federal system with a global…

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Call for Papers on Asymmetrical Federalism

The political science department of the University of Delhi has invited paper abstracts for an upcoming conference on asymmetrical federalism. Read more here.

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Federal Constitutional Values and Citizen Attitudes Toward Government

CSF Fellow John Kincaid, A.J. Brown, and Jacob Deem explore federal constitutional values among citizenry across six federal and two non-federal nations. Read more…

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American Federalism

Cooperative Federalism Proposed As a Means to Update Employment Law

William R. Corbett reviews the two "pillars" of American employment law -- employment at will and employment discrimination law -- and proposes a cooperative federalism…

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Review of Nepal’s Local Governments

Achyut Wagle reviews the performance of Nepal's local governments since the nation's adoption of a new federal constitution in 2015. Read more here.

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Fiscal Federalism and Deforestation in China

A group of scholars examine the social cost of fiscal federalism in China -- specifically, its effects on the nation's forests. Read more here.

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States Request Supreme Court Review of SALT Cap

Four states have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their challenge to the $10,000 federal deduction cap on state and local taxes. Read…

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CFIUS Preemption

Kristen Eichensehr examines the preemptive scope of the federal Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States on state laws such as Texas's statute…

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Review of Fiscal Relations and Subnational Governments

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has released a survey relating to recent trends in fiscal relations and subnational governments. Read more here.

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Challenges Facing Canadian Fiscal Federalism

Julien Doris considers the fiscal federalism challenges that Canada will face as the coronavirus pandemic continues. Read more here.

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