Political standoffs in Congress could lead to a government shutdown and possible economic injury.

The current political crisis and debate over the country’s debt ceiling has roots that go back several decades.

Interviewed for The Conversation, UVA’s Raymond Scheppach says the flood of federal money may have been a rare occurrence in federal-state relations: too much of a good thing.

Writing for The Conversation, public policy professor Raymond Scheppach examines why the COVID-19 downturn has not hurt states as much as experts feared.