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Australia's prime minister has achieved an important political victory with the Senate passing personal income tax cuts worth 144 billion Australian dollars ($106 billion) over a decade

Lawmakers have approved a bill that would require paid family leave in Massachusetts and gradually raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour and establish a permanent summer sales tax holiday

Massachusetts lawmakers have approved a compromise bill that could keep three hotly contested questions off the November ballot.

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Four years after Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill co-sponsored legislation targeting tax havens such as the Cayman Islands, her husband began investing in a hedge fund tied to the Caribbean nation

Correction: Western Electric Grid story

Lawmakers from both parties are criticizing tariffs the Trump administration has imposed on imported steel and aluminum products in the name of national security

How to navigate the murky waters of the public service loan forgiveness program

The European Union will start imposing duties on a list of U.S. products as of Friday in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe

Honolulu's mayor has vetoed a bill aimed at setting limits for what ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft can charge during peak demand

A California Senate panel has narrowly advanced a contentious proposal to link oversight of California's electric grid with other states in the U.S. West

A California Senate panel has narrowly advanced a contentious proposal to link oversight of California's electric grid with other western states

Parents who have given marijuana-based products to their epileptic children for years are worried that possible U.S. approval of the first pot-based prescription drug could limit their options

California lawmakers are trying to encourage better sexual harassment reporting and diverse hiring in the movie industry through the state's film tax credit program

Senate approves defense policy bill that would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE to buy component parts from the U.S.

Senate approves defense policy bill that would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE to buy component parts from the U.S.

The Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago is among the largest users of water from the Chicago River, but records show it has never followed state rules governing the protection of the river's fish

Britain's House of Lords is making another attempt to win Parliament a greater say over the country's departure from the European Union

A set of retaliatory tariffs released by China includes a plan to tax American lobster exports, potentially jeopardizing one of the biggest markets for the premium seafood

Representatives of the Walmart company heirs deny any involvement in the Georgia governor's race after a candidate was secretly recorded saying he backed a school choice law because campaign money from the family's non-profit foundation was at stake