Government And Institutions

After Michigan's budgets had to be cut recently, some legislators are trying to limit future state liability by either capping and winding up a venture capital fund that invests in startup companies.

Democrats on a congressional oversight panel are stepping up their investigation into how well states are regulating the disposal of oil and gas waste, citing continuing public concern about the potential environmental and health risks of hydraulic fracturing.

Canada's Conservative government has introduced legislation to force an end to a strike at Canadian Pacific Railway by more than 3,000 Teamsters members.

The Arizona Senate on Monday joined the House in passing a bill that adjusts tax brackets every year to account for inflation, despite a large state budget deficit.

The official sign-up season for President Barack Obama's health care law may be over, but leading congressional Democrats say millions of Americans facing new tax penalties deserve a second chance.

A subcommittee hearing on Gov. Bill Walker's proposal to expand Medicaid coverage revealed few new details Monday, with several members expressing concern about the cost and the federal government not honoring its commitment.

Some schools are getting tougher on e-cigarettes, even punishing possession of the devices more harshly than regular cigarettes.

Supporters of President Barack Obama's health care law are out in force trying to get uninsured people signed up ahead of the official deadline for 2015 coverage.

Despite questions about four challengers' legal right to bring their lawsuit, the Supreme Court probably will not be deterred from deciding whether millions of people covered by the health care overhaul are eligible for the subsidies that make their insurance affordable.

The Obama administration says some people trying to sign up for health insurance ahead of a looming deadline are getting snagged by technical difficulties.

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.

Southern Co. might spend more than $8 billion to finish building a nuclear power plant in Georgia, or roughly 30 percent more than it originally budgeted, according to a recent analysis prepared for state utility regulators.

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed in 2013 by a Louisiana flood board that sought damages from scores of oil, gas and pipeline companies over damage to the state's fragile, eroding coast.

A top U.S. envoy says Japan and the U.S. are moving closer to agreement on market opening measures but pressure from Japan's business community is needed to bridge the last, difficult disagreements.

A new quiz by the state of Ohio to catch phony tax returns is puzzling some taxpayers.

Regulators have closed a small lender in Georgia, making it the third U.S. bank failure of 2015 following 18 closures last year.

Puerto Rico's governor on Friday defended his proposal to create a 16 percent value-added tax as pressure built on the government to fix its finances.

The number of barrels of oil produced per day in North Dakota set a record in December, but the tally of rigs in the oil patch has dropped precipitously since then, state regulators said Friday.

New York's pension fund for state and local government workers has risen to $181.7 billion following an investment return of 1.9 percent in its latest quarter, the state comptroller's office reported Friday.

Montana's governor called on the Obama administration Friday to strengthen rules that require oil pipelines to be buried just 4 feet beneath major waterways, after two breaches that spilled a combined 93,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River.