The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that state regulators misapplied the law when they approved a Duke Energy fuel rate adjustment. Customers will not receive refunds. Other WRAL Top ...

South Carolina has a new income tax law that creates two tax brackets. The law could lower taxes for some residents, while increasing them for others. Future tax rate reductions are possible if state ...

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Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has proposed rate increases that would add roughly $51 a month to a typical residential electric bill by 2029. PSE has filed a plan with state regulators to raise residential ...

As Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, faces a challenge at the Supreme Court of Canada, some women in Quebec say they’ve paid the highest price. The law bans certain public workers from wearing ...

A bill working its way through the Illinois legislature could mean good news for homeowners and drivers concerned about insurance rates. The new law would allow the Illinois Department of Insurance to ...

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The American Bar Association's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released its annual bar passage rate data for all ABA-accredited law schools Wednesday, with four schools attaining ...

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill to require the Public Service Commission to hold rate case hearings for regulated utilities, legislation aimed at addressing electricity ...

Donald Trump’s threat to “cut off all trade with Spain” has drawn immediate, strong responses from politicians and the media alike. But beyond grabbing headlines, the threat raises a significant ...

We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These ...

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