When construction of the $71 million Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School came in under budget last year, local officials planned to spend the savings on an educational wish list that included more library books and computers. They're being forced instead to pay $100,000 to add eight more toilets to the athletic complex.
A federal judge on Tuesday partially blocked one element of the nation's recently overhauled bankruptcy law, saying that a provision restricting the advice lawyers can give is unconstitutional.
Some Massachusetts officials are concerned that a law dictating the number of toilets at large sports stadiums is driving up the cost of small athletic facilities at schools.
Southern California's taco truck war continued to sizzle as county officials asked a judge to reinstate a law he threw out last month that had forced truck operators to move every hour or face the threat of jail.
A federal judge in Connecticut has upheld a challenge to the nation's bankruptcy law, saying a provision that restricts the advice lawyers can give is unconstitutional.
The grief-stricken mother of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster has spoken of her shock at the loss of her son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter.
A California state senator said Thursday that he's seeking a legal opinion to determine whether the LPGA Tour's language requirement for players violates state or federal law.
General Electric Co. said Friday it has been informed that the Securities and Exchange Commission may recommend fines and other action for possible violations of securities law related to accounting changes the company made.
Opponents of a Dallas suburb's latest effort to force out illegal immigrants filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to stop a city ban on apartment and home rentals to tenants who can't prove they are legally in the country.
Maryland state elected officials who have sexual relationships with employees under their supervision would be violating state ethics law, if a county commissioner gets his way.
A federal judge has ruled that prosecutors can use a World War II-era law to work around the statute of limitations and pursue fraud charges against former employees of a Big Dig contractor.
