• The Plastic Bag Ban: A Battle of Socio-Economic Policy
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2012
• This latest skirmish shows how localities, not the feds, are driving eco-policy.
• 7 Comments

• What Brand of Federalism Is Next?
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   January 2012
• Obama’s mixed approach of coercion and collaboration seems to be working, but that may not last.
• 1 Comments

• 2012 Presidential Candidates Challenge Mandates
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2011
• Republicans and Democrats call for fewer mandates. Both parties, however, have yet to answer fundamental questions about what government should do and how it should pay for it.

• Column: Housing Policy Deserves a Demotion
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   November 2011
• GOVERNING Publisher Emeritus Peter Harkness says it may be time for government to get out of the business of promoting homeownership.
• 2 Comments

• 2011 May Mark the End of Federal Aid
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   October 2011
• The modern era of federal aid championed by President Nixon and his “new federalism” program draws to a close.

• Severe Budget Cuts Ahead
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   September 2011
• With stimulus funding gone, a misinformed citizenry is unprepared for the funding cuts on the horizon.

• China Looks West for Performance Management
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   August 2011
• China embraces performance management in an effort to wring out greater productivity and transparency.
• 2 Comments

• Cities Must Find the Economy's Fix
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   July 2011
• With Washington paralyzed by its debt and states facing deficits, the pressure is on local governments to raise more revenue or make significant structural changes to reduce costs.
• 3 Comments

• The Policy Battle Behind Chocolate Milk
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   June 2011
• As schools opt for healthier lunch options, governments are pitted against the powerful dairy industry.
• 1 Comments

• The Truth about Bankruptcy
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   May 2011
• Exaggerating problems is more about politics than budget balancing.

• Bankruptcy's Bank Shot
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   April 2011
• What connects government default, short selling and union bashing?
• 1 Comments

• Public Servants as Public Enemy #1
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   March 2011
• At all levels, denigration of public service is a legacy of the recession.
• 18 Comments

• Medicaid, Incentives and the Future of Federalism
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2011
• States are unhappy with Medicaid costs, but they’re not willing to surrender federal incentives to cut them.
• 1 Comments

• The Nation's Outlook on Trains
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   January 2011
• Bullet trains may be sidetracked, but not commuter rail.
• 8 Comments

• Dealing With Deficits in Anti-Big Government Administrations
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2010
• Governors who campaigned against stimulus spending face hard choices.
• 1 Comments

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