FRANKFORT, Ky. a ' The thankless job of writing a state budget in a recession year of unprecedented shortfalls inched ahead in Frankfort this week, a slow haul as leaders looked for ways to fund a cash-strapped government with minimum pain and maximum bang for the buck.

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Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state.The 250,000-square-foot warehouse is the nexus from which all of the state's liquor is imported, processed, and moved out ...

Backers of a constitutional amendment requiring Arkansas lawmakers to meet and budget annually say annual sessions will help the Legislature respond more quickly to changes in the state's economy.

Thier theory will be put to the test Monday, as Arkansas becomes the 45th Legislature to meet annually.

The Erie County Legislature last week voted unanimously to adopt a resolution urging the New York State Senate and New York State Assembly to reject Governor Paterson's plan to legalize the sale of wine in grocery stores, gas stations, delis, bodegas and anywhere beer is now sold.

An online cigarette dealer is contesting federal search warrants that it says "decimated" the business by confiscating all inventory, supplies and bank accounts.

There is no glitz or glamour to be found in the day-to-day happenings of Aqueduct Race Track.

Faced with the worst budget crisis in a generation, many states are looking to expand sales taxes to services, such as lawn care or accountants' advice.

Updated at 4:35 p.m. Mass transit service in Maryland was making a slow recovery from the weekend's snowstorm. with light rail offering service to a limited number of stations this afternoon and about 20 percent of local buses operating on primary ...

How laws are made... The Kentucky General Assembly has now completed the fifth week of its 2010 60-day session, scheduled to end April 14th.

Will plumbers, lawyers and hot-air balloon operators be forced to pitch in to solve state and local government revenue shortfalls? Sales taxes today mainly, though not exclusively, hit sales of tangible goods like cars and couches. Faced with the ...

First chief justice and Federalist Papers coauthor John Jay?s greatest legacy was setting the future course of American foreign policy. F ew could fathom why 55-year-old John Jay turned down President Adams?s nomination to rejoin the Supreme ...

Poker lobbyists are ramping up an aggressive push backed by millions of dollars to legalize Internet gambling in the United States this year, hoping to overcome passionate objections from social conservatives, sports leagues and other longtime ...

A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City knocks down a perception that energy states could recover from the recession faster than non-energy states.

MIAMI - The Zackery Lystedt Brain Project, a first-of-its-kind national initiative to address the problem of youth sports concussions in all 50 states, was announced here this week amid Super Bowl preparations. The project is spearheaded by the Sarah ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation. The ...

WASHINGTON -- Toyota has friends in high places in Washington, including some of the very people now investigating the Japanese automaker. The company has sought to sow good will and win allies with lobbying, charitable giving, racing in the American ...

A Kentucky lawmaker who had opposed a ban on texting flip-flopped on Thursday, a day after his wife had a car crash when she took her eyes off the road to look at her ringing cell phone.

Gov. Steve Beshear Monday signed House Bill 302 authorizing the sale of $4 million in bonds to build a hangar at Bluegrass Station, formerly Lexington Army Depot, and create 105 new jobs. This facility is managed and maintained by the Department of ...

View full size (AP Photo/Bob Bird, File) In this May 9, 1996 file photo, Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., right, speaks to Toyota Motor Company President Hiroshi Okuda as then-West Virginia Gov. Gaston Caperton, left, listens during ceremonies ...

The Senate's lead Toyota investigator, West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller, credits himself with lobbying Toyota to build a factory in his state. A member of a House investigating panel, California Rep. Jane Harman, represents the district of ...

Gov. Mitch Daniels used new revenue figures - numbers that show Indiana tax collections falling $75 million short of expectations in January - on Thursday to urge lawmakers to pass cost-saving bills he supports.

To encourage districts to consolidate, the Legislature agrees not to reducing their funding until the merger is complete. Mergers often result in a loss of additional state aid based on enrollment and overall district property wealth.

FRANKFORT, KY (AP) - The Kentucky House has passed a bill aimed at shoring up the state's Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund, which pays out benefits to jobless Kentuckians. The trust fund has been under increasing pressure as the state's unemployment ...

Critics say that the American people don't "know" him, even with two best-selling books, two years on the campaign trail and a year in office. Health care reform, jobs legislation, financial reform and other issues are stalled, aided by the lack of ...

Anti-tobacco groups have joined South Carolina's schools chief in calling on legislators to increase the state's cigarette tax to the national average.

Whether President Obama?s invitation for a sit-down with Republicans will enhance the chances for a meaningful health reform bill is unknown. But it is likely the only chance for passing any kind of reform. Now, it is up to Republicans to come to ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. ? The House passed a measure Monday that would increase taxes on businesses and cut benefits for jobless workers as a way to shore up the state's unemployment insurance trust fund. House Bill 349, sponsored by Speaker Pro Tem Larry ...

Two years after state lawmakers set aside $50 million to stimulate university research, West Virginia University and Marshall University have not been able to raise enough matching funds to access even one-tenth of that money.