Texas’ new school choice program unfairly leaves out children attending Islamic religious schools, a Muslim lawyer said in the first challenge to the state’s new plan to divert public money to private education.

States are defensive about their tax sovereignty in an expanding turf war with the federal government over tax policy, Michael J. Bologna reports.

The Florida Supreme Court tossed a challenge to Republicans’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional lines, clearing the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislators to leap into the national gerrymandering fray.

Toronto-Dominion Bank for a second time was able to fend off a proposed class action alleging its $3 fee for providing paper account statements violates New York consumer protections.

After federal officials said last week that they didn’t plan to station immigration agents at voting locations during the midterm elections, secretaries of state from across the country had two reactions: relief and skepticism.

The Birmingham, Ala., city council is scheduled to vote March 3 on a temporary suspension of new data centers so city officials can develop environmental and other rules for future projects, marking the latest in a trend of jurisdictions rethinking the booming market.

Oil surged as the first impacts of the war in the Middle East began to be felt, with a near halt to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and disruption at a big refinery in Saudi Arabia upending energy markets.

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran risks delivering another shock to an economy that voters are already disenchanted with, just eight months out from mid-term elections.

JANUS Research Group LLC failed to show Soliel LLC improperly received a $42 million task order for applications support services for the Army Futures Command’s Architecture Integration and Management Division, the GAO said.

Texas Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock unlawfully decertified thousands of women- and minority-owned contractors from a decades-old program intended to support “economically disadvantaged groups” in state contracting, a new lawsuit alleges.

Qatar shut LNG production at the world’s largest export facility after it was targeted in an Iranian drone attack, sending European gas prices surging as much as 54%.

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Washington, home to tech companies like Microsoft and Amazon, would end its sales tax exemptions for data centers under a bill moving through the state legislature.

Montana Republican Rep. Ryan Zinke won’t seek reelection this year, he announced Monday, vacating a seat that could be competitive in midterm elections that will determine control of the House.

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran risks delivering another shock to an economy that voters are already disenchanted with, just eight months out from mid-term elections.

The US sent conflicting messages about how long a war with Iran might last as airstrikes continued for a third day, with the widening conflict reverberating across the Middle East and upending energy markets.

California Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley said Monday will run for reelection in a Democratic-leaning Sacramento-area district after voters approved a new congressional map last year that has pushed GOP House members in the state into fewer safe seats.

The Florida Supreme Court tossed a challenge to Republicans’ plan to redraw the state’s congressional lines, clearing the way for Gov. Ron DeSantis and legislators to leap into the national gerrymandering fray.