• GOP Governors Ask ‘What Would Reagan Do?’
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   April 2013
• 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
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   March 2013
• 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
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2013
• 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?
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   January 2013
• 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
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2012
• 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
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   November 2012
• 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
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   October 2012
• 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
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   September 2012
• The nation’s capital is more about what you own these days than what you do.

• Whooping Cough’s Comeback Raises Questions
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   August 2012
• 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
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   July 2012
• Obama blames the states, but the problem is more complicated.
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• States Have 20th-Century Revenue Systems
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   June 2012
• 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?
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   May 2012
• 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
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   April 2012
• Much of President Barack Obama's federal effort to bring jobs back home depends on states' ability to educate and train workers.

• Despite Corruption Concerns, D.C. Improves Services
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   March 2011
• Amid several ethics scandals, the city government has dramatically improved its delivery of services -- even as demand has increased.
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