DALLAS - A lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal district court in Shreveport, La., alleges that the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between states and major tobacco companies is illegal because it ...

Managing transboundary waters is a critical priority in the United States, particularly in the arid and semi-arid West, where water scarcity often exists. The Compact Clause of the U.S. Constitution ...

Governors who oppose the national health care act have no shortage of strategies they are willing to try -- federal lawsuits aimed at overturning it, state statutes barring its implementation, an ...