Politics

Minnesota cities are imposing local sales taxes more than ever before, and state lawmakers are concerned it could give communities with more retailers an unfair advantage. Legislators allowed 18 cities...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday appointed another state senator to an executive branch job. Parson tapped fellow Republican Sen. Gary Romine to serve a six-year term on the State...

A San Francisco-based health information technology company will pay $145 million to resolve criminal and civil charges that it helped set up an electronic health records system that encouraged physicians...

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Monday: Alphabet Inc., down $32.81 to $1,433.90 State and federal attorneys plan to share information on their probes of Google, according to...

Underprivileged areas in Chicago will receive an estimated $20 million investment for revitalization efforts that prioritize affordable housing and economic development, Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced...

A jury should determine whether Uber ought to be held responsible for a passenger's injuries, a federal judge in Rhode Island ruled. A U.S. District Court judge concluded Jan. 16...

Complaints against Ohio State University's president and one of its former student health directors were filed Monday with the State Medical Board of Ohio in relation to alleged sexual abuse...

Several would-be marijuana business owners in Missouri who failed in their bids for licenses are raising questions about how the state selected winners and losers. The Missouri Department of Health...

Hundreds of Virginia teachers rallied at the state Capitol on Monday to call on lawmakers to increase state funding for public education and repeal a prohibition on collective bargaining by...

Federal environmental regulators said Monday they have reached a settlement with Frontier Ag Inc. to resolve alleged clean air violations at three ammonia fertilizer facilities in Kansas. The U.S. Environmental...

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Federal prosecutors filed bribery and tax charges on Monday against a former Illinois state senator who led the powerful transportation committee, alleging he accepted payments in exchange for supporting the...

A single paper copy in a nondescript envelope arrived at the White House on Dec. 30. Four weeks later, news of John Bolton's book manuscript about his time as President...

North Carolina government's information technology chief has signed off on a new short-term contract for a vendor to carry out public school reading tests. State Chief Information Officer Eric Boyette...

Interest in growing industrial hemp as a commercial crop is up in Kansas where regulators are reporting a 30% rise in licensing applications for the second year of the state's...

A new $200 million Amazon distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee, will employ 1,000 workers and should be up and running in time for this year's holiday season, officials said Monday....

Bond elections that fail won't be allowed before voters again for a minimum of 11 months under proposed legislation approved Monday by a House committee. The House State Affairs Committee...

No state money or resources were used for North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to attend the annual meeting of the Alfalfa Club and an exclusive party in Washington, D.C., over...

Activists for immigrant communities are pushing for legislation that allows New Mexico residents without Social Security numbers to qualify for state tax credits aimed at working families. Immigrants and allied...

Since being thrust into headlines thanks to his endorsement of Bernie Sanders, Joe Rogan has been slammed as transphobic and racist, but the attacks say more about the modern mainstream...

The Internal Revenue Service filed a federal tax lien against a Tennessee state legislator notifying the lawmaker that he failed to pay just over $19,000 in in federal income taxes...

The German weekly Der Spiegel “mistakenly” said the US Army liberated the notorious Auschwitz death camp. They have company in erasing the Soviet Union's role in ending the Holocaust from...

The Latest on the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump (all times local): 2:05 p.m. The publisher of former national security adviser John Bolton's upcoming book says there was...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a sweeping energy plan Monday that sets goals for shifting the state to 100% clean energy by 2050. The first-term Democratic governor announced the...

The Latest on the new virus from China that has sickened thousands of people and killed dozens(all times local): 2:30 a.m: U.S. health officials say they have no evidence that...

An ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has agreed to spend $12.5 million to hire a lawyer and Washington lobbyist to ease U.S. sanctions and help reset bilateral relations as...

President Donald Trump is holding his next rally in a county with almost no factory jobs to save, a reliance on immigrant workers and an economy built in part by...

School choice advocates in Kentucky renewed their push Monday to create scholarship tax credits for private schools, a proposal that runs into strong resistance from public school supporters. Two Republicans...

More businesses would have to allow pregnant women longer breaks, transfers to less physical work and unpaid time off after childbirth under a proposal being considered by Indiana lawmakers. A...

Pizza Hut is giving away nearly 30,000 free pizzas during Super Bowl week in South Florida. You need to find a Pizza Hut-themed Ford F250 truck, scooter or bike to...

The Cleveland Browns have reached agreement to hire Eagles vice president of football operations Andrew Berry as their new general manager and executive vice president, a person familiar with the...

A former publication company executive admitted Monday that he embezzled more than $48 million from the firm and used the money for personal expenses, federal prosecutors said. Nestor Charriez, 60,...

A former Pennsylvania financial planner who was ordered to pay millions of dollars in damages to customers he allegedly tricked into high-risk investments took the stand at his criminal fraud...

Atlantic Richfield has scrapped a proposal to build a second water treatment plant to lower the level of acidic, metal-laden water that has collected in a former copper mining pit...

A man has pleaded guilty to charges in a series of mysterious explosions the past three months in suburban Philadelphia. Thirty-two-year-old David Surman Jr. pleaded guilty in Bucks County Court...

West Virginia students may soon get detailed reports on college costs and in-demand jobs under a bill passed Monday by the Senate. Lawmakers unanimously approved the measure, dubbed the Students'...

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says he wants a “strict” new ban on holding cellphones while driving, saying tough new laws are needed to cut down on fatal accidents. “Anytime people...

Britain faces a crucial choice on Tuesday over whether to allow China's Huawei Technologies to build its next-generation wireless networks. The decision has implications for the country's diplomatic relations with...

The Finance Authority of Maine's board on Monday approved loan guarantees and a loan necessary for a Boston investment group to proceed with purchasing and reopening Saddleback Mountain to skiers....

North Macedonia's government on Monday said it was imposing urgent measures in the country's capital, Skopje, and the western city of Tetovo in order to protect people from severely high...