Government And Institutions

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau opened a public inquiry Thursday into student loan servicing practices that it says can make paying back loans "stressful or harmful." Private and federal student loan debt totals more than $1.2 trillion.

The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits ticked lower last week, pushing down the four-week average of applications to its lowest level since April 2000.

A law banning price-fixing for contact lenses that took effect this week in Utah is a setback for the nation's largest manufacturers that could have ripple effects across the country amid an increasingly bitter fight with discount retailers.

The Treasury Department will release its report on the federal budget for April at 2 p.m. Eastern Tuesday.

A much-anticipated Senate vote on trade will pack some suspense Tuesday.

A key borrowing rate shot to a five-month high Tuesday morning, as traders around the world continued to sell off big government bonds.

The state's marketing efforts have boosted tourism, Gov. Dannel P.

Government rules to clarify which streams, tributaries and wetlands should be protected from development and pollution are fueling political anger in the country's heartland.

The president of the nation's second-biggest commuter railroad has told Connecticut lawmakers it's making progress toward improving safety and reliability after a series of high-profile accidents and service disruptions.

Morgan Stanley is selling its oil storage and transport business, which has drawn scrutiny from Congress, to commodities trading company Castleton.

With several weeks remaining in this year's legislative session, there are still three competing state budget proposals up for debate.

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Major business and economic events scheduled for Tuesday: All times are Eastern WASHINGTON — Labor Department releases job openings and labor turnover survey for March, 10 a.m.

The Obama administration is closing insurance loopholes on coverage of preventive services, from contraception to colonoscopies.

U.S. stocks jumped in early trading Friday, helped by a report that showed businesses were still hiring workers at a steady pace.

Regulators have closed a small bank in Chicago, marking the fifth failure of a federally insured bank 2015.

Puerto Rico's governor says he will soon submit one of the most austere budgets in the island's history and he's appealing to U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and a divided local legislature to work together in finding solutions for the U.S. territory's fiscal crisis.

The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday struck down a 2013 law that sought to fix the nation's worst government-employee pension crisis, a ruling that forces the state to find another way to overcome a massive budget deficit.

Republican Gov. Scott Walker abruptly scrapped plans Friday to merge the troubled Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation with an agency that provides low-interest housing loans, a decision that came just hours after a scathing audit found WEDC hasn't tracked job creation or complied with state law.