Government And Institutions

All bridges and tunnels into New York City operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will close on Saturday afternoon because of blizzard conditions in the metropolitan area, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

A four-decade-old ban on oil exports is on the verge of extinction, but the immediate impact will likely be muted.

myRA, the government's new retirement savings vehicle, is touted as being safe but as with any investment product there are always some risks investors need to understand.  

Today’s money market funds are returning a staggeringly low 0.01% annually. Learn why people are still investing in them.

Unless Congress takes a stand and passes new legislation targeting insider trading on Wall Street, the practice isn’t going away anytime soon.

The Department of Labor has a new proposal aimed at protecting your investments. While well intended there may be some pitfalls.

Oil prices rose on Tuesday with technical support for U.S. crude and despite a weaker demand outlook from the International Energy Agency which is expected to keep the world oil market oversupplied for at least another year.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton unveiled her plan to combat the “abuses of Wall Street” in a statement released on Thursday.

Millennials will prove to be a crucial vote in the 2016 election. Here's a look at some of the Millennials working to elect the next president. 

Portugal's statistics agency has revised sharply upward the country's 2014 budget deficit, from 4.5 percent to 7.2 percent, after the Treasury failed to recoup a loan it made to a bank.

Congressional Republicans are racing to avert a government shutdown next week when the budget year ends and a temporary funding bill is required to keep agencies operating.

Pennsylvania lawmakers held an unconventional House session Tuesday that lasted just minutes, was not broadcast as usual and did not include a roll call.

Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday prohibiting most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer's release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they've derailed an abortion-related drive by the GOP.

Connecticut hospital executives called on the General Assembly on Tuesday to prevent $63.4 million in new cuts to state Medicaid payments to their health care facilities.

Hillary Rodham Clinton is laying out a new plan to rein in the rising cost of prescription drugs, seeking to build upon President Barack Obama's health care law.

The leaders of two major health insurers planning separate multi-billion dollar acquisitions made the case for the deals to Congress as senators questioned whether they would hurt competition and raise prices for consumers.

The state Department of Ecology on Monday proposed capping greenhouse gases from the state's 35 largest emitters, rolling out a new rule-making process months after Gov. Jay Inslee failed to get legislation passed on his ambitious cap-and-trade plan.

Now that the Pawtucket Red Sox have officially ended their pursuit of waterfront land in downtown Providence for a new ballpark, many people are wondering what that means for the future of the team and the Ocean State.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Monday's auction, with the rate on three-month bills hitting its lowest level ever and the rate on six-month bills the lowest since mid-July.

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