Lawmakers near budget deal. Education funds await fate

House and Senate negotiators are inching toward a compromise budget-balancing plan, promising to have a deal on lawmakers' desks for today's overtime finale to the 2010 General Assembly.

State lawmakers OK most of a drastica budget-balancing plan

Arizona lawmakers late Thursday approved most of majority Republicans' budget-balancing plan that includes spending cuts and a proposed sales tax increase, but the Senate postponed votes on two final pieces of the package because they lacked support for passage.

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President Barack Obama says he wants projects helping specific states yanked from the health care bill Congress is writing.

The Long Fight for Labor

On Feb. 4, a full year into Barack Obama's presidency, conservative influence over the Department of Labor finally loosened.

Montana Unemployment Rate Rises in 2010

Montana's unemployment rate continued an upward climb with a slight increase in January.

Senate considers Denver federal judge nominee

A Senate committee has taken up the nomination of William Martinez who will fill one of two vacant judgeships on the U.S. District Court.

Springfield awarded $500K for energy efficiency programs

The city of Springfield is expected to become greener with its $491,067 Climate Showcase Community Grant, awarded to the city by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today.

Vt. says "no" to dioxins at landfill

The state of Vermont is rejecting a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency to dispose of 33,000 tons of hazardous soil at a Moretown landfill.

EPA wants parents to lock up household poisons

The Environmental Protection Agency is reminding parents to lock up household cleaners, disinfectants and other materials that might accidentally poison kids.

C & R Financial Charged in Alleged Forex Ponzi Scheme

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it charged C & R Financial, Inc., and Willie L. Cloud, Jr., both of Houston, Texas, with operating a Ponzi scheme in connection with foreign currency trading.

Charges for supervisory failures settled by CFTC

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced that it has settled charges against a former Bank of Montreal executive for supervisory failures.

SEC charges former RIA with bilking college student, family friend

The Securities and Exchange Commission has sued Gary R. Headding and his former registered investment adviser firm, Envision Direct of Newport Beach, Calif., for defrauding two clients of at least $274,256. The regulatory agency, which also alleges that he charged three clients inflated advisory fees as high as 12.9%, filed the suit last week in ...