5th Annual Deil S. Wright Symposium

Local Government and the States: The Shifting Dynamics of State-Local Relations

Welcome & Introduction

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Russ Hanson, Indiana University
Eric Zeemering, Northern Illinois University

Remarks on the Legacy of Deil Wright

Kim Nelson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Position of Local Governments in the U.S. Federal System

9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Municipal Government and its Role in a State-Local System: Evidence from Panel Data

Agustin Leon-Moreta, University of New Mexico

Do State Spending Priorities Constrain or Promote Local Government Sustainability Policies?

Jayce L. Farmer, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Power, Protest, and Participation: Understanding the Municipal Takeover of Flint, Michigan

Ashley E. Nickles, Kent State University

Do Local Governments with Higher Citizen Ratings on Service Quality Have Higher Service Performance Transparency? Evidence from U.S. Local Governments

Jie Tao, University of North Texas and Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas

Morning Break

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM

Audience Discussion: Fifty State Profiles on State-Local Relations

10:45 AM – 11:00 AM

A New Look at State Preemption

11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

John Kincaid, Lafayette College Moderator

State Preemption and the Ghost of Judge Dillon

David Swindell, Arizona State University, Carl Stenberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, James Svara, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Diffusion Quarantine: The Use of State Preemption to Prevent the Spread of Innovations

Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State Harrisburg

Municipal Policy and Fracking Discretion in the States

Brian K. Collins, University of North Texas

Lunch Break

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Rescaling Governance for State-Local Relations: Regional Intergovernmental Organizations

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM Jen Nelles, City University of New York – Hunter College, Moderator

Leading Actors: The Role of Local Elected Officials on Boards of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations

Jay Rickbaugh, University of Pittsburgh

RIGOs and Civic Engagement

George W. Dougherty, Jr., University of Pittsburgh

Balancing Local and Regional Interests Using Cultural Heuristics

Thomas Skuzinski, Virginia Polytechnic University

Modeling State-Local Coordination of Water Quality Management at the Regional Scale for the Lake Champlain Basin

Christopher Koliba, University of Vermont and Patrick Bitterman, University of Vermont

Panel Discussion: The Shifting Dynamics of State-Local Relations

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM

Irv Halter, Director, Colorado Department of Local Affairs
Cliff Lippard, Executive Director, Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations
Doug Linkhart, President, National Civic League

Please check the SIAM website (<www.siam-aspa.net>) for additional confirmed participants.

Remarks from Mark Wright on Behalf of the Wright Family

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM

Concluding Remarks

Russ Hanson, Indiana University
Eric Zeemering, Northern Illinois University

Note: The SIAM Annual Business Meeting is scheduled for 4:45 PM.