Government And Institutions

Florida has eclipsed California to become the state with the highest number of consumers buying health insurance in both the state and federal exchange under the Affordable Care Act.

A Colorado bill to spend about $5 million to put more local produce in school cafeterias passed its first test Wednesday at the Legislature.

Nevada Democrats decried a lack of transparency after Republicans members of a Senate committee passed a sharply debated bill Wednesday designed to curb lawsuits against construction defects.

The short-term housing rental service Airbnb has paid back taxes that ran into the millions of dollars to the city of San Francisco, the company said Wednesday.

The White House estimates that more than 11 million people signed up for subsidized private health insurance under President Barack Obama's law this year.

E-cigarettes keep popping up for sale at county jails around the country even as some government officials, schools and health experts urge tighter control over the devices, especially in public buildings.

U.S. stocks were slightly lower in midday trading Tuesday as investors continued to watch Greece's debt talks and hoped a deal would eventually be reached to keep the country from falling out of the eurozone.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills fell in Tuesday's auction, with rates on three-month bills falling to the lowest level since mid-October.

A plan to hike the state's fuel tax by 10 cents kept moving quickly through the Iowa Legislature on Tuesday.

Certain local zoning laws can't be used to supersede Ohio's state-level system for regulating oil and gas drilling, a fiercely divided Ohio Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.

Since the night he was elected, Gov. Bruce Rauner has repeatedly said he wants Illinois to be the most competitive yet compassionate state in the nation.

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Pressing Pentagon demands in a time of terror threats and Islamic State militants have put newly empowered congressional Republicans in a bind.

More than 1.4 million Californians have either signed up or renewed their coverage for individual private insurance in the second year of the federal health expansion, a state official said Tuesday.

Millions of immigrants benefiting from President Barack Obama's executive actions could get a windfall from the IRS, a reversal of fortune after years of paying taxes to help fund government programs they were banned from receiving.

New Jersey is committing to increase job training as new companies plan to bring thousands of jobs to a city that ranks among the nation's most impoverished.

New York lawmakers complain that Gov. Andrew Cuomo is linking too many big policy discussions like the Dream Act and education reforms to the state budget.

Top lawmakers are pushing to exempt Social Security, pensions and other retirement income from the state income tax as a way to stop seniors from leaving Rhode Island.

Indiana's public schools would see a $469 million increase in funding in the new two-year state budget under a proposal released Monday by majority House Republicans that also includes an additional $40 million in grants for charter schools.

For anyone betting on the Northeast's casino bonanza, the odds are long on projects hitting financial expectations.