What is a state’s balance of payments, and why do some pay so much more? An author of a report at the heart of debates over which states should get coronavirus relief funds breaks it down.
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How and when the US economy reopens will look different state to state, and for good reasons. This Q&A explains why, and why some states are working together.
As Congress considers further financial help for victims of the coronavirus pandemic, the magnitude of the fiscal crisis that governors and their states will have to face is just starting to emerge.
The rise of global cities, metropolises that dominate their states, is exposing Australia’s lack of metropolitan governments. It’s time to restart the evolution of our states after a century on hold.
If you want to understand the American public, don’t look at national poll numbers.
Hillary Clinton got the most individual votes from US citizens in 2016, but Donald Trump won the most electoral votes.
A quirk of mathematics gives voters in some small states, like Rhode Island and Nebraska, an extra edge over voters in other states. This happens not only in the US, but in other countries, too.
Nationwide, state government money has become a smaller and smaller fraction of public higher education budgets.
A new bill aims to give the District of Columbia representation in Congress.
Ahead of two state elections, the Grattan Institute Orange Book examines the state of each state and how each can do things better. The good news is that if each copied the best in each field they would do very well indeed.
There are some good explanations for the mismatch between regional support for climate action and the areas where renewable energy is making the biggest inroads.
There are at least 400,000 stateless people living in Thailand – many of them young, like Adul. Here’s what their lives are like.
As states begin to plan budgets, the future of Obamacare is still undecided. A former Ohio state senator explains how budget directors are bracing for billions of dollars in shortfalls.
Given the small percentages involved, South Australia’s bank levy won’t interfere with the federal government’s levy, and would arguably be compatible with it.
The reason for the constant struggle for funding between the states and federal government relates back to the constitution.
Over the years, Puerto Ricans have in fact been granted three different types of U.S. citizenship, but questions about their rights and equal treatment as citizens still remain.
Federal politicians and the public like the idea of abolishing the states. But consider the likely result: a more powerful Canberra, with regional governments amounting to glorified shire councils.
There’s no need to abandon the current tax collection system. Instead we should ensure the voting public understand where their taxes are going.
The states have historically fought to keep their income tax powers so it seems a joke to see a rejection of the Federal Government’s proposal to give these powers back.
What explains the anger behind the Malheur occupation in Oregon, and why does the BLM own so much land in the West?
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Professor and Neustadt Chair, Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Dean for Research and Professor of Health Policy and Management, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Cecil D. Andrus Endowed Chair for Environment and Public Lands and University Distinguished Professor, Boise State University
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Professor of Political Science, The University of Melbourne
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Professor emerita, University of Sydney
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Leverhulme Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin
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Distinguished Fellow, Sustainable Solutions Lab, UMass Boston
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Associate professor in law and public policy, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Law, University of South Australia
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Lecturer, Public Sector Finance, University of Canberra
