California sued Amazon.com Inc., saying the company forces third-party merchants to agree to policies that lead to “artificially high prices” for consumers.

The Senate confirmed Rhode Island Public Defender Lara Montecalvo to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, marking Biden’s sixth confirmed circuit judge with a public defense background.

Provisions in the recently passed climate law have many local leaders looking to leverage federal funds to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But some of their plans could get stopped up at the state level.

The looming US rail strike threatens to push inflation even higher across the country after prices jumped more than expected last month.

Struggling foreign airlines that serve US cities have increasingly fled to American bankruptcy courts, finding friendly Chapter 11 features for reconfiguring crippling debt loads and burdensome aircraft deals.

With roughly two years still left on the clock, states have allocated almost two-thirds of the $199.8 billion in federal pandemic relief aid from the Biden administration’s landmark stimulus package to fund a wide variety of their own priorities—from building homes and expanding broadband access to providing bonuses to public school staff.