Government And Institutions

Closing arguments are expected in the trial of a Jersey City nonprofit that was sued for claiming it could turn gays into heterosexuals.

Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a spending plan that uses California's growing surplus to fund new anti-poverty initiatives.

Senators are expressing anger and exasperation with Takata Corp. and federal auto safety regulators over defective air bag inflators that have prompted the largest auto-safety recall in U.S. history.

Senate Republicans have slashed almost $1 billion from a program that helps state and local governments provide affordable housing in a bill funding housing and transportation.

The Rhode Island Senate on Tuesday approved a bill that would create a new toll on large commercial trucks to raise money for repairs to deteriorating bridges.

A proposal by Ohio lawmakers would do away with taxes on feminine care products.

A bill that would establish a financial control board to oversee the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority was given the green light Tuesday by a key legislative panel, but Gov. Charlie Baker signaled that the measure fell short of what he considered necessary to fix the troubled transit system.

The tension of budget season spilled over Tuesday into heated exchanges at back-to-back rallies at the Pennsylvania Capitol on the virtues of the state's Marcellus Shale industry and public schools.

Backers of President Barack Obama's trade agenda are imploring key senators to stand by their previous votes when they revisit the issue in a showdown on Tuesday.

The Democrat-led Legislature is advancing a multibillion-dollar budget, setting up what lawmakers expect will be a line-item veto by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

TPA, TAA, TPP — It's an alphabetical mix on trade that requires an explanation.

The House has approved a bipartisan bill to update regulation of harmful chemicals for the first time in nearly 40 years.

Duke Energy plans to excavate and move coal ash from a dozen more waste ponds in North Carolina, the company said Tuesday, as it works to excavate or safely close pits seeping millions of gallons of contaminated wastewater each day.

The International Monetary Fund is projecting that bailed-out Cyprus' economy will grow by a modest 0.2 percent this year after contracting for three years.

A federal court has ruled in favor of tough new regulations for career training programs, dealing a major blow to the for-profit college industry.

A court has granted an injunction temporarily blocking Sysco from buying US Foods, a deal regulators oppose because they say it would reduce competition between food supply companies.

A spokesman says ExxonMobil has temporarily ceased oil production on three platforms off the coast of Santa Barbara because an oil spill last month crippled the pipeline it used to transport crude to refineries.

U.S. stocks moved higher in early trading Monday on hopes of a breakthrough in Greece's bailout discussions with its creditors.

Congress' upheaval over trade has exposed turmoil within a House Democratic caucus that's grown smaller and more liberal in recent years as moderates have been ousted in successive election bloodlettings.

The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from Ford Motor Co. seeking to recover about $450 million in interest on taxes the company overpaid the Internal Revenue Service.