Government And Institutions

Oyster Bar built a thriving business serving mollusks to well-heeled Muscovites.

U.S. health care spending grew by the slowest rate in more than a half-century last year, government analysts said Wednesday.

The House tax bill extends more than 50 expired tax breaks through the end of 2014.

New Mexico is undoubtedly dealing with a dire situation caused by the persistent drought, and there's no telling when conditions will improve, researchers from universities around the state said Tuesday.

South Dakota College students plan to press lawmakers to pay for a tuition freeze at the state's public universities — something that Gov. Dennis Daugaard didn't include in his budget plan.

Federal regulators need to reassess earthquake risks at California's last operating nuclear power plant and hold hearings to determine if it's properly accounting for potential threats.

Gov. Brian Sandoval says he'll ask Nevada agencies to scale back their budget requests after the state's Economic Forum predicted less tax revenue than many had hoped for.

Federal energy regulators have approved a $700 million pipeline project designed to ferry cheap Marcellus Shale natural gas from Pennsylvania into high-priced markets in New England and New York.

Media organizations aren't entitled to see documents that detail how PPL crews responded to an October 2011 snowstorm that left hundreds of thousands without power, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.

A bill passed by the Legislature this year to reduce Oklahoma's personal income tax rate is constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a unanimous decision.

Now you see it and now you don’t. Barrels of oil are disappearing before our very eyes. Oil prices bounced after the American Petroleum Institute reported that 6.5 million barrels of oil seemingly vanished into thin air. Did aliens come down to earth and confiscate our supply?

President Barack Obama is meeting with leading CEOs to discuss ways to promote the economy and create jobs during his last two years in office.

New legislation regulating drivers in the emerging ridesharing industry is advancing in the Illinois House.

Tucked in the mountains of one of the poorest states is one of the nation's wealthiest counties: Los Alamos, which, except for its landscapes, looks decidedly unlike the rest of New Mexico.

A western Michigan man convicted of operating a $46.5 million Ponzi scheme that targeted elderly investors was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Wednesday.

In a defiant challenge to GOP leaders, immigration hardliners in Congress announced plans Wednesday to oppose legislation to keep the government running past next week.

Suspected Nazi war criminals would be blocked from receiving Social Security benefits under a bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the House.

Congress is poised to allow Americans with disabilities to open tax-sheltered bank accounts to pay for certain long-term expenses — the broadest legislation to help the disabled in nearly a quarter-century.

The House is moving to extend a $45 billion package of expired tax breaks through the end of the year.

A group of Republican senators said Wednesday they will try to block President Barack Obama's pick to head the Social Security Administration until an investigation of a troubled computer contract is concluded.