Government And Institutions

House Republicans are pushing through a series of tax cuts this week affecting millions of businesses and individuals, despite White House veto threats over the cost.

Members of the House Finance Committee pushed back against parts of Gov. Bill Walker's budget plan Thursday, questioning if some of the cuts he identified were truly reductions.

General Motors says it will build an electric car with a 200-mile range at a factory north of Detroit.

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The European Union has set up a special committee to look into national tax rules following allegations that Luxembourg had agreed on sweet deals for big multinationals.

A top European Central Bank official says the bank's new 1.1 trillion euro ($1.2 trillion) monetary stimulus could "fall on barren ground" if governments do not cut red tape and excessive regulation.

State Transportation Commissioner James Redeker cautioned legislators against replacing Metro-North Railroad as the operator of the New Haven line linking Connecticut to New York City.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week, though it is still at relatively low levels pointing to healthy hiring.

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U.S. stocks were slightly lower in early trading Wednesday.

The federal government ran a bigger deficit in January, pushing the imbalance so far this budget year up 6.2 percent from the same period a year ago.

Senate Republicans gave a chilly reception Wednesday to a White House plan to shift money from Social Security's retirement funds to cover a looming shortfall in its disability account.

The Treasury Department releases federal budget data for January.

The Democratic-controlled Massachusetts House has approved a plan aimed at closing a state budget shortfall that Republican Gov. Charlie Baker has estimated at $768 million.

Pressured by Congress, the IRS has apologized for seizing banks accounts from otherwise law-abiding business owners simply because those owners structured bank transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.

The 270-152 roll call Wednesday by which the House passed a bill to construct the Keystone XL oil pipeline.

Greece's new government is set to clash with its eurozone creditors over easing the terms of its bailout program at an emergency meeting in Brussels.

An Entergy Corp. official said Wednesday the company is offering no guarantees it will pay to decommission its retired Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant if the job's still not done by the end of a 60-year period.

Ahead of Sunday's deadline, officials say consumers are stepping up to enroll for 2015 coverage under President Barack Obama's health care law.

The state is spending nearly $450,000 a year on 17 tax credits, discounts and exemptions that should be terminated, according to a legislative report.