State power is shifting across multiple domains as federal agencies rewrite energy regulations, state legislatures gain electoral control, and education authority redistributes between governors and superintendents. The balance between state and federal authority is being actively contested through legal, legislative, and administrative changes.
·Perry advocates repealing the 17th Amendment to let state legislatures directly elect U.S. Senators instead of voters
·Energy Department rewrites federal power regulations affecting state energy planning and nuclear infrastructure
·California governor centralizes superintendent authority in what's framed as the state's largest power consolidation
·Education overhaul strips superintendent powers in multiple states, shifting control to governors
·States incorporating nuclear power into energy strategy alongside federal policy frameworks
drawn from PoliticsPA, The Regulatory Review, Governing, Atlantic Council · updated 1h ago