Government And Institutions

Several Republican governors are urging GOP congressional leaders to stand firm against legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security if the bill doesn't also overturn President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration.

In a new setback for the health care law and the people it's supposed to help, the government said Friday it made a tax-reporting error that's fouling up the filings of nearly a million Americans.

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Cyclists who want to grab a quick taco or hamburger while cruising through Salt Lake City may soon find that Utah has restricted their two-wheeled meals.

The U.S. stock market fell in early Friday trading as investors looked for a breakthrough in the difficult negotiations between Greece and its European creditors over its debt repayment plan.

Mexico is reporting that its economy grew 2.1 percent in 2014, buoyed by improved performance toward the end of the year.

Maine's reshaped Public Utilities Commission wants to reconsider two proposed wind projects it approved two months ago, a move critics say would damage the integrity of the regulatory process and scare off future renewable-energy investors.

Global stocks appeared set for quiet and lower trading Friday after most markets in Asia were closed for the Lunar New Year holidays, except for Tokyo, where shares continued to rise on optimism about the Japanese economy.

Exxon Mobil Corp. has asked federal regulators to reconsider a $1 million penalty imposed against the oil giant over a 63,000-gallon crude spill into Montana's Yellowstone River.

Nevada lawmakers are hoping to breathe new life into a film tax credits program that was gutted while the state worked to attract Tesla.

About 800,000 HealthCare.gov customers got the wrong tax information from the government, the Obama administration said Friday, and officials are asking those affected to delay filing their 2014 returns.

The Wyoming House of Representatives on Thursday rejected a proposal to expand the federal Medicaid program.

President Barack Obama's top economists say that even as the U.S. has managed to kick start a lasting and growing recovery, modest wage gains are far from making up for decades of paycheck stagnation for middle-class workers.

Gov. Bill Walker said he plans to retool an in-state natural gas pipeline project into an export project, prompting concerns from some lawmakers about the message that sends as Alaska continues to pursue a separate major gas line.

California's health exchange apologized Thursday for sending about 100,000 incorrect tax forms last month to people who purchased private coverage, a mistake that could delay tax filings or force households to amend their taxes.

Nevada lawmakers on Thursday were hearing details of a number of widely supported tax abatement bills that legislators say will create better paying jobs in the state.

Moody's Investors Service has downgraded $48 billion worth of Puerto Rico debt as the U.S. territory struggles to generate more revenue.

Officials representing hospitals, private colleges and other nonprofit organizations told lawmakers on Thursday that a proposal that would require them to pay property taxes to municipalities would devastate their budgets, forcing them to hike costs or slash programs.

A plan to increase the state fuel tax by 10 cents a gallon gained momentum in the Iowa Legislature Thursday, after the House Republican leader made some key membership changes to a committee to help ensure the legislation passed a procedural hurdle.

Gov. Jay Inslee signed a supplemental budget Wednesday that allocates nearly $218 million in state and federal money for expenses including the deadly Oso mudslide and last summer's wildfires.