Crist adviser optimistic about Florida revenues

TALLAHASSEE - Shortly after Gov. Charlie Crist warned about getting too optimistic about a slight uptick in state revenues, one of his top budget lieutenants was arguing that the financial outlook should be a great deal better than legislative experts were willing to predict.

Judge to Ohio: Hands off tobacco money

A judge has permanently barred Ohio authorities from spending roughly $250 million in anti-tobacco funds on other programs and balancing the state budget.

Obama goes on offensive

President Obama speaks during a town hall meeting on health insurance at Portsmouth High School in New Hampshire.

Average raise likely below 2%

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - With unemployment rising and the available labor pool expanding, don't expect a sweet raise to kick off 2010.

Bullying complaint goes to Human Rights Commission

The Idaho Human Rights Commission is investigating after a mother said Shoshone School District administrators ignored repeated complaints of bullying.

11-Aug-09 - Catholic College's ''No Contraceptives'' Health Plan Discriminatory, EEOC Charges

Belmont, N.C., Aug 11, 2009 .- Revisiting a case that had been thought closed, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that Belmont Abbey College's decision to remove contraception from its faculty health care policy, in accordance with Catholic teaching, discriminated against women.

EPA fines Minden nursery over pesticides

A Minden tree nursery has agreed to a pay $5,440 to settle U.S. Environmental Protection Agency allegations that it misused pesticides.

OSHA Slaps Springs Business with Health Hazard Fines

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Sinton Dairy Foods Co.

Miss. Levee Board Sues EPA Over Flood Project

A Mississippi levee board has filed a federal lawsuit in hopes of overriding the Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a $220 million flood control project.

Stanford Ponzi case pits SEC against court-appointed receiver

The Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the unusual step of opposing what a court-appointed receiver is doing in the massive Ponzi case that involves companies owned by Robert Allen Stanford.

Ex-Madoff CFO pleads guilty in court in NYC

After months of secretly working with the FBI, Bernard Madoff's right-hand man emerged in federal court on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges, contradicting claims by the disgraced financier that he acted alone.

Continue reading "Ex-Aig Ceo Greenberg settles fraud charges"

The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that former American International Group Inc.