Government And Institutions

Some Louisville workers will get a raise Wednesday after a state judge upheld the city's new minimum wage standards in the first of a series of legal challenges that could define how much power local governments have over private businesses.

Republican Gov. Paul LePage vetoed the $6.7 billion state budget on Monday, scolding lawmakers for rejecting his efforts to overhaul the state's tax code and welfare programs and accusing them of passing a status-quo spending plan just so they can return home for the summer.

Solid job growth is finally boosting paychecks for the rest of us.

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

The California Legislature is holding two special sessions this summer to tackle long-vexing funding shortfalls in the state's transportation and health care programs.

New Jersey residents with low incomes could see higher tax rebates under a proposal from Gov. Chris Christie being considered by the Legislature.

Now that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, religious conservatives are focusing on preserving their right to object.

Pennsylvania lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Sunday amid expectations the Republican majority will soon send the Democratic governor a state budget he has threatened to veto and other legislation he may also reject.

The country finally has an opportunity to change the subject on health care, after the Supreme Court again upheld President Barack Obama's law.

Asian stock markets sank Monday after Greece closed its banks and imposed capital controls in a dramatic turn in its struggle with heavy debts.

The owners of Atlantic City's former Trump Plaza casino plan to keep it shut for at least 10 years.

Connecticut lawmakers ran out of time to pass legislation that would have created a new regulatory system for ride-booking companies.

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved an approximately $30 billion Republican-crafted budget bill on Saturday as the Wolf administration and top GOP lawmakers positioned themselves for a government shutdown and the first veto of an entire budget in at least four decades.

China's central bank has announced the fourth recent round of interest cuts and lower reserve requirement ratios for small businesses, as Beijing tries to shore up the country's sluggish economy.

U.S. stocks were mostly higher in morning trading Friday as negotiators continued to work toward a solution to Greece's debt problems.

A petroleum pipeline company says oil from a Santa Barbara, California, spill spread more than 100 miles to Los Angeles County beaches.

Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a Central California beach last month didn't take long to realize a spill had taken place — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf.

Greece and its financial rescue creditors are struggling to agree on the terms to get more loans to the country.

A Newark man was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison for his role in an unemployment fraud scheme that authorities said was one of the largest in state history.

Smokers would see a 35-cent hike on a pack of cigarettes, all residents would see an state income tax cut and public colleges would freeze tuition rates for two years under a finalized $71.2 billion spending blueprint that cleared the Ohio Legislature on Friday.