The Oklahoma House has approved changes to the Oklahoma Teacher's Retirement System to address the pension system's $10.4 billion unfunded liability.

The Vermont Senate has passed a bill designed to put the state on a path toward a universal, single-payer health care system.

Senior citizens and activists are gathering to protest plans to reduce the federal deficit by cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.

Obama says states should not use the financial crisis as an excuse to erode bargaining rights.

Republicans in the Oregon House have agreed to advance a bill that would allow the state to accept a $48 million grant to create the computer infrastructure for a health insurance exchange.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich has signed a budget sending $579 million to the state Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the commission that resolves disputes over workplace injuries.

Arizona employers face a temporary tax increase to help the state repay loans provided by the federal government to pay for unemployment benefits.

A former public official accused of orchestrating a scam that nearly bankrupted a working-class Los Angeles suburb set up a secret pension fund containing $4.5 million to skirt retirement limits for California public employees, according to a newspaper report Monday.