Government And Institutions

Lawyers for a Christian ministry that's building a Noah's ark theme park in Kentucky say state officials violated First Amendment religious protections when they denied the project a state tax incentive worth millions.

Dominion Virginia Power on Wednesday suggested how it may transition to new ways of generating energy, citing the uncertainty of new U.S. environmental rules.

Republican legislative leaders have reached a deal on a new state budget that drops a financing plan for a new Milwaukee Bucks stadium and changes to the prevailing wage law, co-chairs of the Legislature's budget committee said Tuesday.

U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading on speculation that the Greek government is considering a last-minute attempt to break the deadlock between the country and its creditors.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Maui County ban on the cultivation of genetically engineered crops is pre-empted by federal and state law and invalid.

A federal appeals court in New York says Apple violated antitrust laws by colluding with publishers to raise electronic book prices in 2010.

The Obama administration is taking issue with language in a new trade bill meant to discourage boycotts of Israel.

The Export-Import Bank expires Tuesday at midnight for the first time since the small federal agency was created during the Depression to help U.S. businesses export their products.

Staff and drivers for ride-hailing company Uber gathered outside City Hall on Tuesday to protest legislation that would put limits on for-hire vehicles while the city conducts a study on whether the sharp growth of the industry has an impact on traffic congestion.

Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner appeared ready Tuesday to reject a Democratic proposal aimed at keeping state services functioning for another month, leaving the state without a way to pay bills and leading to questions about what will happen Wednesday morning.

The federal Export-Import Bank will phase out starting at midnight Tuesday due to congressional inaction.

Maine lawmakers overturned Republican Gov. Paul LePage's veto of the state budget on Tuesday, passing into law a spending plan that will cut taxes for many residents, fund additional drug enforcement agents and maintain state aid for cities and towns.

Asian stock markets bounced back Tuesday, recouping some of the previous day's sharp losses, but investors remained worried the crisis in Greece could spread to other financially weak countries.

U.S. stocks fell in early trading Monday as concerns mount over Greece's debt woes.

Sysco is scrapping its proposed $3.5 billion buyout of US Foods after a Federal Trade Commission legal victory that temporarily blocked the deal to combine the two food-service companies.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction, with rates on six-month bills climbing to the highest level since late March.

Greece has entered the twilight zone.

Pennsylvania might not have a budget in place when the new fiscal year begins.

In a rare bipartisan scene at the White House, President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law two hard-fought bills giving him greater authority to negotiate international trade deals and providing aid to workers whose jobs are displaced by such pacts.

New York has formalized its ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for natural gas after a seven-year environmental and health review.