• Federalism, Anyone?
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2004
• No Child Left Behind represents a major change in state-federal relations. But it may not be a good campaign issue for the president.

• Gone With the Windfall
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   January 2004
• States are finally getting their federal care package. Local governments would like to see some of it.

• Tribes And War Chests
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2003
• Once political outcasts, Native Americans are now big players in state campaigns.

• Road Blocks
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   November 2003
• In hard times, good sense should prevail. But that's not what's happening with the re-crafting of transportation policy.

• Innovation Freeze
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   October 2003
• We've come to depend on states as the source of new policy ideas. They aren't producing many right now.

• Block That Grant
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   September 2003
• The White House can't wait to sell off federal programs. The states might want to look before buying.

• Madates Forever
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   August 2003
• Congress promised to stop imposing mandates on states and localities without paying for them. But the temptation is irresistible.

• Feds Bearing Gifts
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   July 2003
• Lobbying Washington for state and local budget aid isn't the gentlest game in the world.

• Unreliable Source
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   June 2003
• Thirty years ago, we wanted to control 'new source' air pollution in the worst way. That's about what we did.

• Busted By The Feds
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   May 2003
• The Justice Department spends a lot of money tracking down state and local corruption. Is that necessary? Unfortunately, yes.
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• Bush and The 50 Beggars
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2003
• States are beseeching the White House for some dollars to tide them over while they get back on their feet. The White House isn't going for it.

• Fear of Fingerprinting
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   January 2003
• There's a form of gun regulation that could save thousands of lives a year. If we weren't so paranoid, we'd adopt it.
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• Sacramento Rules
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2002
• While Congress and the EPA fight political wars, states are making the crucial environmental decisions.

• Faith and Innovation
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   November 2002
• The mixture of religion and social service worries a lot of people. But is it really a problem?

• Connecting the Dots
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   October 2002
• The feds can create a new security agency. But they can't make us secure. That has to happen at the grassroots.

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