The Fraser Institute has published a report contending that decentralized federalism is a key to improved Canadian healthcare. Read more here.
In a podcast episode hosted by the Champlain Society, Greg Marchildon interviews Professor Jim Farney about former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s shift from collaborative federalism to…
Darien Shanske considers Justice Anthony Kennedy's proportionality approach to federalism and suggests that the failures of that approach stem from errors in its execution rather…
As federal infrastructure funding becomes available for states and localities, questions have been raised as to how the Biden administration's goal of racial equity…
Many states ended the 2021 fiscal year with significant surpluses. This, coupled with additional federal relief, has state lawmakers considering how best to spend…
Bill Lucia reports that legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives would give states and localities more flexibility in their use of federal…
Endre Orbán explores agency relationships between the European Union and the member states. Read more here.
Brendan Donaghue writes that the lengthy negotiations necessary to the passage of the federal infrastructure bill "highlight the virtue of an overlooked yet fundamental principle…
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary stay of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's coronavirus vaccine and testing mandate…
Werner Reutter compares the functions of German and American subnational courts and contends that federalism is "not only an overall structure that shapes the…
Ben Eisen and Joel Emes examine why, despite a shrinking gap between the fiscal capacity of the various provinces, aggregate equalization payments continue to…
Andrea Noble looks at the costs that states could bear under President Joe Biden's plan to expand pre-K education. Read more here.
Abdinor Dahir and Ali Yassin Sheikh Ali analyze the implementation of federalism in Somalia since 2012. The authors consider a number of challenges Somalia…
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