Exceptions to the Jones Act have been granted by our government. For example, the movement of LNG from the Gulf Coast currently moves in a former French built tanker. The Jones Act exception includes ...

Costly ships and restricted competition mean that Puerto Ricans must pay a premium when purchasing goods from the states.

The notoriously conservative Fifth Circuit will rule on whether it's a civil rights violation to deny a quadriplegic man a ...

In 1920, more than a century ago, Congress passed the Merchant Marine Act, commonly known as the Jones Act. The legislation ...

A Mother Jones investigation based on firsthand accounts from ICE detainees in Texas reveals how Venezuelans were nearly ...

Harvard is going to have to argue in federal court —one way or another— that the courts pay no attention to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that sits behind the curtain over there outside of the court’s ...

The SAVE Act, presented by proponents as a necessary safeguard to elections, could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, opponents say.

Indiana University released the findings from an independent investigation into the conduct of former basketball physician ...

The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, aimed at keeping noncitizens from registering to vote, passed the House on Thursday. But the impacts to voting rights could reach married women and ...

The Courant’s arts picks for May 11-17 include Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, Al Stewart and Livingston Taylor, George Clinton and ...

The Government has confirmed a review of the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 – which established the Waitangi Tribunal – will ...