New Jersey's governor and Senate president reached a deal Wednesday that would make public employees pay more for pension and health benefits, but Assembly Democrats refused to go along.

The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions says the state's declining unemployment rate will mean fewer weeks of assistance for jobless residents.

One of California's biggest health insurers said Tuesday it will cap its earnings at 2 percent of revenue and return amounts over that level to its customers, care providers and the community.

New Hampshire House and Senate negotiators reached a tentative agreement on reforms to the state's public pension system on Monday that will shift more of the costs onto employees.

Attorneys for Republican lawmakers asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday to overturn a judge's order blocking the state's polarizing union rights law.

In a mere five months, new Republican Gov. Sam Brownback and likeminded lawmakers have recast the social and fiscal landscape of Kansas and made the state a laboratory for conservative ideas.

Cash, checks and direct deposit are the only official ways to pay employees, but a bill approved by the state Assembly would add payroll cards to that list.

If unionized CT employees don't ratify a labor concession deal in the coming weeks, Gov. Malloy warned there will be massive layoffs, substantially more than the 4,700 he threatened last month.