Government And Institutions

The IRS says taxpayers can start filing their 2014 tax returns on Jan. 20.

Illinois taxpayers will have a little more spending money next year.

Global stocks were mostly higher Monday after a report that China will change banking rules in an apparent effort to boost lending and economic growth, while oil prices rebounded.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year.

Reaction in the three-state region surrounding Vermont Yankee is mixed as the nuclear plant prepares to send its last electrons to the grid in the coming days.

Happy to be back in New Hampshire, the state's new head of travel and tourism also wants to return to school, in a sense, by working with colleges and universities to attract more students.

Few people are more eager to see the clock strike midnight on Dec. 31 than Atlantic City casino executives and the thousands of workers who still have jobs there.

The gap between what wealthy districts and poor districts spend to educate children has widened dramatically in the four years since GOP Gov. Tom Corbett took office, amid deep budget-balancing cuts in state aid under Republican-controlled Harrisburg and long-delayed pension obligation payments coming due.

Asian stocks were mostly higher Monday after a report China will change banking rules in an apparent effort to boost lending and economic growth as oil prices rebounded.

With oil prices dropping, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has halted new spending on six high-profile projects, pending further review.

Four of Atlantic City's 12 casinos shut down in 2014 (and a fifth nearly joined them before being rescued under a last-minute financing arrangement).

New Jersey officials are campaigning publicly and privately to keep German luxury automobile maker Mercedes-Benz from moving its U.S. headquarters out of the state even though it hasn't said it's considering a move.

Organized labor in Connecticut is taking credit for helping Democratic Gov. Dannel P.

One group of potential candidates for president probably won't be shuffling off to Iowa, New Hampshire or other early campaign spots in the new year.

The state's largest utility on Friday asked the Public Utilities Commission to pause its review of two key issues until lawmakers try to forge a solution.

Jeb Bush is stepping down from the board of directors of Tenet Healthcare Corp.

Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated).

Connecticut's highest court on Friday sided with the town of Rocky Hill in a long-running legal dispute, ruling a privately operated nursing facility for state prisoners, parolees and mental health clients should not be considered an arm of the state and therefore should be subject to local zoning restrictions and paying local property taxes.

Alaska's legislative leaders are calling in Gov. Bill Walker to immediately address budget worries brought on by the falling price of oil.