Donald F. Kettl
E-mail: kettl@umd.edu
Potomac Chronicle
- Do They Know Darfur?
- Governors running for president will have some uncomfortable moments in the year ahead.
- SCHIP and Beyond
- The children's health program is a model for what broader health care initiatives ought to look like.
- Senator Warner's Posse
- A new federal law gives the military a domestic function it hasn't had before.
- Minimum Impact
- A $7.25 minimum wage means a lot politically. It just doesn't mean much economically.
- Mission Improbable
- By the time you read this, the bipartisan fling may be over.
- Extended Contract
- The hot conservative issues of the 1990s are migrating to state ballots.
- Fiscal Candor
- A new report tells governments something they need to know--but would rather not hear.
- Bordering on Disaster
- A national immigration policy requires a level of collaboration that none of the major players is willing to risk.
- Tax-Break Tango
- The fight over public subsidies to corporations is nearing a crucial decision in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- It's Broke--Fix It
- The problem in New Orleans isn't FEMA but federalism.
- Fight Against Fat
- State and local governments are discovering new weapons in the battle to keep citizens in shape.
- Whose Guard Is It, Anyway?
- The part-time soldiers fighting for the Pentagon overseas have work to do at home.
- Vintage Conservatism
- The U.S. Supreme Court is about to turn right. Will that help states? Not necessarily.
- Licensing Trouble
- Under a new federal law, state DMVs will be forced into the role of immigration police.
- Border Wars
- Immigration used to be considered strictly a federal issue. But it's heating up in legislatures all over the country.
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Events & Webinars
- The Countdown to Affordable Health Insurance: Time is Running Out!
- June 18, 2013
- Is your state ready for Marketplace open enrollment in October 2013? In a few short months, millions of uninsured Americans will qualify for affordable healthcare coverage either through Medicaid, CHIP or tax subsidies.
- 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.
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