Donald F. Kettl
E-mail: kettl@umd.edu
Potomac Chronicle
- How Boomers, Millennials and Immigrants Are Changing America
- These demographics will have a profound effect on the needs of the country, and state and local officials need to take notice.
- GOP Governors Ask ‘What Would Reagan Do?’
- Furious at Washington gridlock and seeking to get their party back on top, Republican governors -- like President Ronald Reagan before them -- are waging an anti-tax campaign aimed at the income tax.
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- Federalism from the Bottom Up
- More than ever, the feds need states and local regions to take the lead in crafting promising new programs.
- Local Pot Laws Conflict with National Policies Worldwide
- The United States isn't the only place where local marijuana policies clash with national laws. Even Amsterdam and the Dutch government have struggled with this tension. Read the rest of Governing's first-ever International Issue here.
- Who Pays for Superstorm Sandy?
- States don’t just want money to rebuild -- they want money to make far-reaching changes to infrastructure too.
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- The Top 5 State-Local Issues Facing the Feds
- In the next four years, state and local governments are going to be at the very front of domestic policy -- especially on issues like health care where the feds have gotten most of the headlines.
- It's Time for States, Localities to Think Boldly
- Elections and governance have become so intertwined that it’s hard to know when campaigns begin or end. We do know we need big ideas.
- Global Libor Scandal Cost States and Localities Millions
- State and local governments have sued banks, claiming that they cheated them out of enormous investment returns at a time when their budgets were already badly damaged from the recession.
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- Washington, D.C.’s Other 1-Percent Problem
- The nation’s capital is more about what you own these days than what you do.
- Whooping Cough’s Comeback Raises Questions
- How states’ decisions to not require vaccinations and general budget cuts to public health have impacted the nation’s ability to prevent, track and treat disease outbreaks.
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- The Politics of Rising Tuition Costs
- Obama blames the states, but the problem is more complicated.
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- States Have 20th-Century Revenue Systems
- States can no longer rely on federal bailouts or taxes. For the latest on state revenues, click here.
- The Affordable Care Act: A Case Study for Cooperative Federalism?
- If the health reform law is upheld, the flexibility it will give states on health insurance exchanges could be a model for healthy federal-state relations.
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- Insourcing Jobs Can Only Happen with States’ Help
- Much of President Barack Obama's federal effort to bring jobs back home depends on states' ability to educate and train workers.
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Events & Webinars
- High-Performance Government - Building "Better, Faster, Cheaper"
- June 20, 2013
- Nationally, six straight years of revenue declines have put enormous pressure on state and local governments, nevertheless, some are thriving. Standard & Poor's, the credit-rating agency, reports that it issued more bond upgrades than downgrades in 2012.
- Health Care Reform is Here: Are You Ready for the Rush?
- June 27, 2013
- The Medicaid expansion and the Affordable Care Act are in full swing. With the influx of people who will be applying for benefits and the ACA requirement for online enrollment, it is more important than ever to verify the identities of those accessing benefits up front.
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