Government And Institutions

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The European Commission is pledging 125 million euros ($168 million) to assist fruit and vegetable producers hit by Russia's ban on food imports from the 28-nation bloc.

Washington may be a sea of dysfunction, but the current Congress is offering a few reminders about how a bill becomes a law: compromise.

With three more casinos shutting down by mid-September, Atlantic City officials are looking for a way to avoid having dark, empty shells on its signature Boardwalk.

Ending insurance discrimination against the sick was a central goal of the nation's health care overhaul, but leading patient groups say that promise is being undermined by new barriers from insurers.

With Vermont's prison facilities aging, lawmakers are beginning to grapple with whether to build new or patch up the old.

Pennsylvania's middle class is getting lots of attention from the gubernatorial candidates, but the TV campaign messages are vague and sometimes wrong.

Amid a fog of conflicting claims, Alaskans head to the polls Tuesday to decide if the state's old system for taxing oil companies, passed in 2007 after some lawmakers were suspected of bribery, is better than the new system, a tax cut passed last year to try to attract investment from petroleum companies.

Call it a homecoming for hemp: Marijuana's non-intoxicating cousin is undergoing a rebirth in a state at the forefront of efforts to reclaim it as a mainstream crop.

Expensive delays are piling up for the companies building new nuclear power plants, raising fresh questions about whether they can control the construction costs that crippled the industry years ago.

Connecticut has launched a video to help Spanish-speaking residents navigate state tax forms.

Fighting around the globe, a euozone debt crisis, earthquakes, and polar vortexes have failed to stop the bulls. Can the bears ever stage a comeback?

There's been a data breach at a number of Supervalu grocery stores, as well as at some of its stand-alone liquor shops.

Ride-sharing company Lyft has satisfied insurance and other requirements to begin operating temporarily in the Pittsburgh area.

New York's pension fund for state and local government workers has reached a record high of $180.7 billion, with a 3.6 percent return on investment in the most recent quarter.

A jam-packed corporate and economic calendar next week could help shift the spotlight back to America and away from global geopolitical upheaval.

Foreign buyers of U.S. Treasury securities increased their holdings in June, topping $6 trillion for the first time.

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that extends a $420 million state tax credit to aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp. after approving a similar deal for its competitor, Lockheed Martin Corp.

Federal authorities should consider further restrictions for electronic cigarettes on planes, airport officials said after one of the devices apparently started a small fire that forced passengers to briefly evacuate a plane last weekend.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is significantly increasing its referrals of veterans to private doctors following a scandal over lengthy patient waiting times at many VA hospitals and clinics and falsified appointment records, VA Secretary Robert McDonald said Wednesday.