Government And Institutions

If you're among the several million people hit with new federal fines for going without health insurance, then starting Sunday you'll get a second chance to sign up for 2015 coverage through HealthCare.gov.

More than a year after chemicals spilled into the drinking water for 300,000 people, state lawmakers have voted to peel back protections to prevent leaky tanks from threatening water supplies again.

Switzerland's largest bank, UBS, has agreed to pay $135 million to settle claims that it helped rig currency-exchange rates in a scheme involving some of the world's biggest banks.

The company that owns a majority stake in new nuclear reactors in South Carolina wants approval to spend more on the project and finish construction later than expected.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is telling Congress the steps he will be taking once the federal government hits the debt limit on Monday.

A New Jersey couple sued an insurance company Friday, claiming it defrauded them out of the sales tax in their Superstorm Sandy claim, and their lawyer said others might also have been affected.

A proposed tax on sugar-sweetened beverages may be seeing new life in Vermont, while prospects for new revenue from bottle deposits and a tax on grocery bags look dim.

The IRS is warning consumers that unscrupulous tax preparers are using the president's health care law to pocket bogus fines from unsuspecting taxpayers, especially immigrants.

Lobbyists say top House Republicans and Democrats are working toward a $200 billion agreement revamping how doctors are paid for treating Medicare patients.

Hardware Sales Inc. of Bellingham, Washington, does about 25 percent of its online business outside the United States.

Gov. Mark Dayton gave railroad companies and Republicans a public tongue-lashing Friday for their resistance to his tax plan to fund safety improvements across Minnesota's railroad network.

With billionaire investor Carl Icahn poised to take over their casino, hundreds of union members picketed outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort on Friday, protesting the elimination of health insurance.

The Treasury Department releases federal budget data for February at 2 p.m. Eastern on Thursday.

The federal government ran a slightly smaller deficit in February than a year ago but the imbalance through the first five months of the budget year is still running ahead of last year.

State environmental regulators are investigating more a dozen farm manure spills that have seeped into creeks, rivers and ditches during the past two weeks.

The board of a Spanish bank catering to rich clients has asked permission from the country's central bank to resign after its Andorran owner was accused by the U.S. of money laundering for clients from China, Russia and Venezuela.

A dysfunctional Congress may not make a May 31 deadline for passing a new transportation funding bill, U.S. Rep. Peter Welch told state lawmakers Thursday, but a temporary measure could get Vermont through another road and bridge construction season.

Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal is giving Pennsylvania business owners and executives a lot to think about.

Cash from environmental settlements like an Exxon Mobil payout in an oil and chemical contamination case could once again pad the state's general fund under Republican Gov. Chris Christie's latest budget proposal.

Demonstrators protesting New York Police Department policies briefly halted a City Council meeting Thursday as security guards cleared the public from the chambers during Commissioner William Bratton's budget talk.