Taxes

Now that same-sex marriage is legal nationwide, religious conservatives are focusing on preserving their right to object.

The owners of Atlantic City's former Trump Plaza casino plan to keep it shut for at least 10 years.

Smokers would see a 35-cent hike on a pack of cigarettes, all residents would see an state income tax cut and public colleges would freeze tuition rates for two years under a finalized $71.2 billion spending blueprint that cleared the Ohio Legislature on Friday.

Democratic legislative leaders announced Friday they've reached an agreement with Gov. Dannel P.

Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie used his veto pen Friday to strip more than $1.6 billion from the 2016 budget approved by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and signed a roughly $34 billion budget into law.

The Supreme Court has upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans.

Opponents of a new Providence stadium for the Pawtucket Red Sox gathered Thursday at the State House as the legislative session comes to a close to tell lawmakers they're opposed to any stadium deal that would require public funding.

Investors in hospital stocks rejoiced Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld a key portion of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul and eliminated the prospect of a sudden influx of uninsured patients seeking care.

Wyoming lawmakers likely will face tough choices in coming years over how to fund the state's K-12 educational system because of falling mineral revenue, legislative staffers warned Wednesday.

More than a dozen transportation and progressive advocacy groups sharply criticized the Democrat-led Legislature on Wednesday, calling on lawmakers to allocate more funding to NJ Transit so it can evade an expected fare increase.

11:20 a.m. (0920 GMT, 5:20 a.m. EDT) Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has arrived in Brussels to meet with the heads of the International Monetary Fund, the European Central Bank and the European Union's executive Commission.

Operators of surgery centers across Connecticut are working to persuade state lawmakers to scrap a new tax in the Democratic budget they claim will prompt some facilities to close.

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Gov. Jerry Brown has approved a spending plan that uses California's growing surplus to fund new anti-poverty initiatives.

A proposal by Ohio lawmakers would do away with taxes on feminine care products.

The tension of budget season spilled over Tuesday into heated exchanges at back-to-back rallies at the Pennsylvania Capitol on the virtues of the state's Marcellus Shale industry and public schools.

The Democrat-led Legislature is advancing a multibillion-dollar budget, setting up what lawmakers expect will be a line-item veto by Republican Gov. Chris Christie.

Democrats who control New Jersey's Legislature are teeing up a budget showdown with Gov. Chris Christie that appears destined to end with the Republican governor's veto.

With proposals to expand casino gambling to other parts of New Jersey gaining momentum, Atlantic City has two choices.

For decades, state lawmakers have tried unsuccessfully to eliminate or at least fix Connecticut's unpopular local car tax, criticized as unfair because the same vehicle can be taxed at wildly different rates depending on where the owner lives.