PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A former Rhode Island attorney has pleaded guilty to fraudulently collecting more than $230,000 in pension payments in the name of a former client for nearly 12 years after...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The former co-owner and operator of Montana's Colstrip power plant has sued the plant's current operator seeking alleged damages.

PPL Corp. filed a complaint Friday in a Delaware court claiming Talen Energy was responsible for any shortage in cash needed to pay environmental cleanups and employee benefits.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city council has asked a city board to stop investing money from its employee pension fund in privately-operated prisons.

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday dismissed the case of a woman who claimed discrimination because the state had provided some employee benefits to unmarried same-sex couples but not to unwed heterosexual couples.

The appellate court ruled against Renee Loncar, who had a long-term partnership with a man, including two children together.

NWARK, N.J. (AP) — The former president of United Auto Workers local in New Jersey has admitted embezzling funds from its employee benefit plan.

Federal prosecutors say 65-year-old Sergio Acosta pleaded guilty Friday to theft/embezzlement of funds. The former Passaic resident, who now lives in Utuado, Puerto Rico, faces up to five years in prison when he's sentenced Sept. 21.

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Wednesday ruled that a 2016 law barring towns, cities and counties from requiring employers to provide additional employee benefits is unconstitutional.

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ruled that a 2016 law barring towns, cities and counties from requiring employers to provide additional employee benefits is unconstitutional.