Government And Institutions

Penn National Gaming is moving ahead with plans to expand a harness racing track into a slot parlor with dining and entertainment despite a looming vote on whether to repeal the 3-year-old Massachusetts casino law.

A new generation of Japanese architects believes the world has fallen out of love with the 20th century steel and concrete skyscraper.

Asia stocks rose Monday as subdued Chinese inflation, a rebound by Japanese markets and the latest easing of tensions over Ukraine helped offset unease about Iraq.

It's been two years since state regulators touted a record $1.5 million fine against a company for illegally dumping 20,000 barrels of toxic liquid and threatening drinking water supplies near a large western North Dakota city, and little has changed.

A Los Angeles-based group that wants porn performers to wear condoms during film shoots has filed its first complaint in Nevada.

There are changes coming to FICO, a broadly used credit score, that may mean higher credit scores for many consumers. 

During the first month of legal marijuana sales in Washington state, stores sold just under $3.8 million, which is expected to bring in more than $1 million in state taxes.

Turkish Airlines says it has suspended flights to the Iraqi city of Irbil until further notice.

The customer-owned electric utility serving Southern California's Imperial Valley will pay a $12 million civil penalty in a vast power outage three years ago.

A judge in New York says a small group of fans suing Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League to stop their strict control over television broadcast rights can try to prove their claims at trial.

Wisconsin's sluggish recovery from the Great Recession was reflected Thursday in new figures that show growth in consumer spending has lagged behind neighboring states and the nation as a whole.

Attorneys general from more than two dozen states want federal regulators to impose restrictions on electronic cigarettes, including a ban on the more than 7,000 flavors now available.

A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can't stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over.

Asian stocks sank Friday as jitters over the crises in Iraq and Ukraine escalated but Chinese stocks rose after trade figures showed surprisingly strong growth in exports.

Kansas will face a budget shortfall of $238 million by the end of July 2016, the Legislature's nonpartisan research staff said Friday in a new forecast predicting that the gap will emerge a year sooner than it had anticipated.

                The World Bank has lowered its Philippine growth forecast to 6.4 percent this year and 6.7 percent next year but says the country remains one of East Asia's fastest growing economies.

Russian diners won't be able to find creamy Dutch cheeses or juicy Polish apples in the grocery store or cook up chicken from the United States.

Administration Secretary Jeb Spaulding says Vermont General Fund revenues came in almost 1.8 percent below forecasts in July.

Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped last week, evidence that layoffs are declining and that economic momentum may be accelerating.

Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says that the government has fully banned imports of meat, fish, milk and milk products and fruit and vegetables from the United States, the European Union, Australia, Canada and Norway.