The law imposes a tax on the shale gas industry in exchange for removing barriers to development, a compromise that critics said leaves municipalities with little control over the use of their land.

INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana Senate committee endorsed the right-to-work bill Monday, sending it toward a final legislative vote scheduled for Wednesday.

THE Senate will meet Wednesday morning to deliberate again on whether to subpoena the bank records of Chief Justice Renato Corona after Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago asked that the move be reconsidered, saying breaking bank secrecy has yet to be justified.

Arizona moves one step closer to having guns on its university and community college campuses.

Criticism of a Senate campaign ad featuring a young Asian woman talking in broken English about China taking away American jobs grew Monday as some warned it could revive discrimination against Asian-Americans.