A statewide strike aims to halt normal economic activity in response to recent enforcement actions and a fatal shooting.
It could signal major changes in compliance, grants and oversight for state and local governments. That’s happened in the past.
In short, more clarity with less spectacle. Last year’s federal tax cuts won’t have much of an impact on state and local revenues, but tariff refund politics could be a fiscal wild card. And AI’s effects will be felt on several fronts.
Federal Medicaid cuts could shift millions in health-care expenses back to local governments.
The Trump administration is holding federal grants hostage to its priorities.
With no federal guidance, lawmakers are weighing how retailers should round cash purchases.
States’ efforts to streamline government operations may sound like the federal model once led by Elon Musk, but when it comes to genuine government efficiency they’re getting a lot more done.
The order calls for suing and denying grants to states with “onerous and excessive” artificial intelligence regulations, and for recommending a “minimally burdensome” national standard to pre-empt state laws.
New federal funding policy pits minority-serving technical and community colleges against other institutions that serve the nation's most vulnerable learners. State and local leaders must do what they can to limit the damage.
One Social Security number was found to have been used for 125 policies in 2023.
The state employed disciplined budgeting, debt repayment, spending cuts and targeted tax relief to dig itself out of a cash-flow crisis. To deal with crushing national debt, Washington policymakers should model this discipline.
After Congress failed to pass a federal moratorium on state AI laws, the administration is taking matters into its own hands.
Their minority contracting programs and others are under federal attack, and the consequences reach into the tens of billions of dollars. The souls of our communities should not be for sale.
The only viable path to a national standard is one built on the foundation that our laboratories of democracy are laying. Congressional efforts to freeze state oversight over AI companies would leave Americans exposed.
Legal experts warn the ordinance is likely to face a challenge from the Trump administration.
State and local financial managers face the impact of federal aid cutbacks, plus new rules and even some opportunities. It’s time to focus on what’s practical and necessary, both near and longer term.
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