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Earlier this year, the Utah state legislature passed a law making gold and silver coins legal tender. Now, a Salt Lake City-area numismatist hopes to set up a depository system that will allow Utahans to use gold and silver to pay for anything they want.

Illegal immigrant populations are shrinking in New York, Florida and the Mountain West state as undocumented workers relocate to states that offer more promise of finding work, such as Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. And overall, the drop in immigration has stabilized.

Ford is expanding this summer's recall of Windstar minivans to replace axles that may crack after exposure to road salt. The automaker is adding 37,000 units in the U.S. and Canada to the original 575,000 Windstars from the 1998 to 2003 model years it recalled in August.

The housing crisis is getting worse and spreading to more places across the country. Home foreclosures are up in the Northwest and Midwest, areas that had previously escaped the brunt of the mortgage crisis, says real estate data firm RealtyTrac. Foreclosure rates in Utah, Idaho, Illinois and...

The Minnesota Attorney General took legal action against two separate companies in Arizona and Utah for consumer fraud against senior citizens in the state, both for allegedly using high-pressure tactics. The first lawsuit alleges Orem, Utah-based AMP Alarm 's unsolicited sales calls for security...

The results of CQ Press's annual State Crime Rankings are in and, for some states, the results are reassuring. For nearly two decades, these rankings have shown how the 50 states compare against the national average for six crimes: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary and motor...

The state has passed a law to use eminent domain for gaining control of federally protected land. And in other legal news: A Maryland law clinic threatened, and why going to law school -- even a top 10 one -- may not be a great idea.

New Jersey often plays second fiddle to neighboring New York, but a new survey of the 50 U.S. states shows the Garden State bested New York in having the least favorable tax climate for business. It's the second consecutive year New Jersey has finished dead last, according to the 2010 State...

For the past two months, the city of El Paso Texas has been experimenting with a four-day work week. By adding two hours per day to employee schedules, the city has been able to squeeze forty hours into the first four days of the week, leaving Friday free. Earlier today, the city announced that the...

This post was chosen to be included among Innovative Ways to Stimulate the Economy suggested by DailyFinance contributors. See them all. When gas prices were high, many companies considered moving to a four-day workweek to save on energy costs. Indeed, many environmentalists believe it is time to...