U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer on Thursday unsealed an opinion from late March ruling that the government did not have grounds to designate the major insurance company, Metlife , as "too big to fail."...

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed a bill (HB 2665) on Thursday enacting a new funding formula for schools. The bill replaces a formula that was found to be unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court...

Former US Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in a sentencing memorandum filed on Wednesday urged the court to spare him jail time and impose a sentence of probation. The memorandum first acknowledged Hastert's past...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday reminded Bahrain to regard human rights as essential amid growing international concern that the government is engaging in sectarian discrimination. The secretary made the remarks in a joint...

The Tennessee Attorney General on Wednesday issued an opinion that states that fantasy sports amounts to illegal gambling within the state. Attorney General Herbert Slatery said in his opinion that all fantasy sports games, including...

The Puerto Rico legislature passed a bill on Wednesday that would allow the island territory to enter into a state of fiscal emergency and begin the process toward a debt moratorium. The bill ...

Idaho Governor CL "Butch" Otter , issued his first veto of 2016 on Tuesday, striking legislation that provided for the use of the Christian Bible in public school. The legislation explicitly allowed the Bible to be referenced in...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil antitrust lawsuit Wednesday to block Halliburton's proposed acquisition of Baker Hughes, Inc. . The two companies are giants in the oilfield services industry and together would...

Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant on Tuesday signed a bill into law that will allow state employees to refuse to issue same-sex-marriage licenses and allow private companies and religious groups to deny services to the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has notified Maricopa County officials that it will investigate the issues voters in Arizona's most populous county faced during the March 22 primary election. After the county decided to...