Government And Institutions

California lawmakers and union leaders have reached a tentative deal to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 over six years that could avert a campaign to bring the issue to voters, two California newspapers reported on Sunday, citing unnamed sources.

The average IRS hotline wait time is now about nine minutes, down from 21 minutes last year. But problems persist.

Here’s how consumers can navigate the ObamaCare exchanges to find the best plan that meets their health and financial needs.

As a key element of the ObamaCare health-care reform effort takes effect, America remains sharply divided on its merits. 

As a key element of the ObamaCare health-care reform effort takes effect, America remains sharply divided on its merits. 

The Supreme Court is taking another look at President Barack Obama's health care law, and this time it's not just the White House that should be worried.

An Army program was supposed to integrate intelligence from a network of sensors and databases — and provide a common intelligence picture from the Pentagon to the farthest reaches of Afghanistan.

A decade ago, states offered wind-energy developers an open-armed embrace, envisioning a bright future for an industry that would offer cheap electricity, new jobs and steady income for large landowners, especially in rural areas with few other economic prospects.

Unemployment rates fell in 29 states in August and held steady in 11 as hiring remained solid nationwide.

The prices charged by manufacturers, farmers and other producers were unchanged in August, the latest evidence that inflation is tame.

With the Federal Reserve edging into the spotlight, Friday's jobs report for August could trigger eventual changes in Americans' financial lives.

Consumer inflation slowed in July following two months of slightly faster gains.

No one seems to know why workers’ paychecks aren’t getting much bigger even as the economy generates lots of jobs each month and the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level in seven years.

Prices for the producers of goods and services rose modestly in June, a sign that broader inflation is being kept in check.

Japan is now the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, knocking China out of first place. Economic policies in Japan are keeping interest rates near record lows there, and Japanese investors have put more money in the U.S., whose Treasury bonds offer higher yields.

The weakening U.S. economy spilled into the job market in March as employers added only 126,000 jobs, snapping a streak of 12 consecutive months of job gains above 200,000.

Opinion: FSOC can’t measure progress and doesn’t know its target, two good reasons that the U.S. may wish it left macroprudential regulation in the land of academic theories.

A modest rebound in gas costs and broad gains in other categories lifted consumer prices for the first time in four months, a sign inflation may be stabilizing.

U.S. wholesale prices fell in December by the largest amount in more than three years, reflecting the biggest monthly decline in the cost of gasoline in six years.

The U.S. economy added 321,000 jobs for the month, the most since January 2012, and much higher than the 230,000 jobs economists expected.