Government And Institutions

Nebraska counties and midsize cities are expected to receive an extra $3 million each year for street and bridge work under changes unveiled Tuesday by Gov. Pete Ricketts.

Greece agreed on the broad terms of a new financial rescue package on Tuesday, with a few details remaining to be cleared up before it is formally approved.

Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard Constitutional Law Professor and the founder of Internet law, has thrown his hat into the 2016 race, running for the Democratic nomination. 

The DOJ and SEC filed charges against a total of 32 people who allegedly took part in a scheme to hack newswire services and trade on nonpublic information.  

Shares of payday lender World Acceptance dropped in aftermarket trading Monday after the company said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau expects to bring civil charges against it.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

Gov. Chris Christie on Monday dismissed a Democratic attempt to make a $300 million public pension payment as "accounting gimmickry" and blocked another bill requiring quarterly payments to New Jersey's nearly $80 billion retirement system.

Kentucky has paid off a $972 million federal loan two years ahead of schedule, shedding one of the last vestiges of the recession and saving businesses an estimated $165 million in taxes.

As Social Security approaches its 80th birthday Friday, the federal government's largest benefit program stands at a pivotal point in its history.

Toledo's only remaining abortion clinic can't get a backup-care agreement from the University of Toledo Medical Center that could help it avoid a potential shutdown, but it has partnered with the public school in a different way, to train doctors in the graduate medical program.

Three years on, a much-watched deal to settle a sales tax collection dispute between Texas and Amazon.com appears to have benefited both sides, according to an analysis published Sunday by The Austin American-Statesman.

Some African countries that allow hunting have criticized a decision by a number of international airlines to ban the transport of parts of animals killed in hunts.

Nearly tilted out of existence by the tax authorities, Hungary's Pinball Museum was relaunched this week after a court ruling saved it from permanently falling into the drain.

Gov. Charlie Baker has filed legislation he says will encourage the development of solar energy projects in Massachusetts.

A government report shows only a handful of railroads are close to meeting a deadline this year to install safety technology that can prevent crashes.

Puerto Rico is staggering under a $72 billion public debt load that its governor has said the U.S. territory cannot pay and must restructure.

A Senate committee report urges the Transportation Department to crack down on unfair or hidden airline fees for things like seat reservations, checked baggage and ticket changes or cancellations.

Romania's tax authorities say they will investigate the country's big earners, including celebrities, moneylenders and pop stars, to verify the sources of their incomes.

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae reported net income of $4.6 billion from April through June, up from $3.7 billion a year earlier.

The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Thursday.