Government And Institutions

A plan to slow down some of what's feeding the toxic algae in Lake Erie will be back in front of state lawmakers early next year.

A Maricopa County sales tax increase adopted a decade ago has raised more than $3.1 billion for dozens of freeway, street and transit projects, but that's still $1 billion less than initially projected.

Relief could be on the horizon for strapped public services in the Northern Plains' booming oil patch, as elected leaders in Montana and North Dakota move to steer more money into the region during the states' upcoming legislative sessions.

Activists have praised the U.S. government's decision to remove Gambia from a trade agreement, apparently in response to human rights abuses.

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

MF Global Holdings Ltd. must pay $1.21 billion to reimburse customers for losses sustained when the brokerage firm failed in 2011.

The U.S. Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level in seven weeks, a sign that the U.S. economy and job market are steadily improving.

Martha Isabel and Guadalupe Velasquez had spent two hours waiting to cross over a pedestrian bridge from Mexico to Nogales, Arizona.

A government spokesman says Iraq's Cabinet has approved next year's budget, sending it to parliament for final approval.

The Commerce Department issues its third and final estimate of how fast the U.S. economy grew in the July-September quarter.

President Barack Obama has selected a 33-year veteran of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Stephen G.

A federal judge on Monday struck down Labor Department regulations that would have meant higher pay for some home health care workers.

While the U.S. economy grew from July through September at the fastest pace in more than a decade, most other major economies have been struggling.

A House Republican probe has failed to show a White House link to a scandal surrounding the mistreatment of conservative groups by the IRS.

Gov. Jerry Brown named a former adviser on Tuesday to be the next head of California's troubled utilities commission, replacing a regulatory chief accused of back-channel dealings with utilities.

Major Asian stock markets fell Tuesday while Europe gained after Wall Street closed at record highs ahead of the Christmas trading break.

As a decade-long push to make a national park out of Samuel Colt's 19th-century gun factory won approval, elected officials hailed the project as a way to boost one of Hartford's poorest neighborhoods and honor the revolver as a marvel of manufacturing.

Colorado lawmakers may have to refund money to taxpayers sooner than they initially expected.

Interest rates on short-term Treasury bills rose in Monday's auction with rates on six-month bills climbing to their highest level in more than two years.