Government And Institutions

Mining industry groups say a ban on the filing of new hard rock mining claims near the Grand Canyon is irresponsible public policy, but the federal government and conservationists say it will protect water flowing through the canyon from potential contamination.

The Federal Reserve is pushing the biggest U.S. banks to shrink so that they're less of a risk to the financial system.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the state government will have no role in regulating or taxing sports betting if casinos or racetracks begin offering it.

California's chief financial officer says thousands of public workers have sweetened their retirement checks with legal pension spiking that will cost the state nearly $800 million over two decades.

Wisconsin's state budget will be nearly $1.8 billion in the red by mid-2017 based on a new estimate Monday, providing Democrats with more fodder to argue that Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans in control of the Legislature have mismanaged the state's finances.

Under a new law, the Vermont Department of Taxes will start issuing lists by the end of the year of 100 individual taxpayers and 100 business taxpayers with the highest amounts of unpaid tax debt.

The owners of Salt Lake City's two daily newspapers will ask Monday that a federal judge dismiss a lawsuit challenging their joint-operating agreement.

A new study finds that many people newly covered by Medicaid under the federal health law are seeking treatment in hospital emergency rooms.

State lawyers tell the Ohio Supreme Court that using a budget bill to privatize state prisons didn't violate a constitutional provision holding bills to a single subject.

North Carolina's highest court is examining whether state utilities regulators correctly weighed the consumer impact of two rate increases for a Duke Energy operating unit.

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said the White House will decide 'in the very near future' what actions it can take to make it less profitable for U.S. companies to shift their legal addresses to other countries.

The corporate executives who decide whether U.S. workers get meaningful raises have a message: Don't expect one anytime soon.

U.S. workers face a dim future, with stagnant or falling pay and fewer openings for full-time jobs.

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Midwestern lawmakers and farmers are shifting the attention of a locomotive and railcar shortage problem to Washington this week with legislation, a committee hearing and meetings with decision-makers.

The Connecticut Supreme Court has ruled that state law limits how much interest pawn shops can charge consumers who agree to buy back items they sold to the shops in exchange for loans.

The Indiana Court of Appeals ruled Monday that state utility regulators wrongly approved $61 million in ratepayer fees for the Edwardsport coal gasification plant.

Government officials from the United States and Japan called Monday for completion of an international trade agreement that they said would strengthen ties between the two allies and help both countries recover from their own economic struggles.

They are called "zombie homes" and neighborhoods have good reason to fear them.

The sweet smell of lavender is tinged with bitterness this year in the south of France, as farmers who harvest the flower protest European regulations linking the plant to chemical toxins.