The Bank of Israel released a statement following the meeting: "The two concluded that after the formation of a government there should be a committee to find ways to increase credit card competition for personal and small business accounts. In …

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday due to a rapidly expanding avian flu outbreak, saying the entire state was at risk from the spread of the disease. The announcement, which gives authorities powers to enforce preventative measures, was made soon after state agriculture officials […]

“I went to many a bar mitzvah and talked to many of my Jewish friends and their parents, primarily about Israel. I developed by jump shot in basketball at the synagogue in Peekskill. And then when I first got elected to office and was mayor [of …

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is heading to Havana, the first American governor to visit Cuba since the recent thaw in relations with the communist nation. Whether his trade mission generates anything more …

… came up with what is likely the most entertaining description of the broad cuts affecting the federal budget. In a nod to cryptozoology, he said that the pronunciation of "sequestration" could best be understood as a combination of "Sasquatch" and …

“DNA Data Banks have become a 21st century crime-fighting tool, and the Virginia Department of Forensic Science has been at the forefront in using it to keep our citizens safe,” said Governor McAuliffe. “The 10,000 data bank hits reported by the …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas became the first state Tuesday to ban a common second-trimester abortion procedure that critics describe as dismembering a fetus.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has approved changes to new law that sparked boycotts of the state amid fears that it would allow discrimination against lesbians and gays.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Reuters) – The Republican-controlled Arkansas House of Representatives on Thursday approved a revised religion bill, changing sections in the previous measure that critics said targeted gays. The bill now goes to Governor Asa Hutchinson, who had asked for the changes. He had also received a request from world's biggest retailer Wal-Mart Stores […]

By Sharon Bernstein PHILLIPS, Calif. (Reuters) – California Governor Jerry Brown, in his most sweeping action to combat a devastating multi-year drought, ordered residents and businesses on Wednesday to cut water use by 25 percent in the first mandatory statewide reduction in California history. The move comes as California's snowpack, which generally provides about a […]