State governments, and state-based think tanks that focus on them, can innovate to help handle the coronavirus pandemic. In so doing, they also prove the benefits of the U.S. system of federalism, which keeps substantial powers in the hands of the states rather than centralizing all administrative authority in the nation’s capital.

For example, the conservative Buckeye Institute, a think tank in Ohio, released an insightful policy brief on Monday that suggests five ways Ohio can better deal with the public health part of the crisis, along with four policies that can mitigate the severity of economic affliction. While the suggestions are Ohio-specific, other states certainly could, and in most cases probably should, emulate them.