Genworth Financial Inc. has elected former Sen. Kent Conrad to serve as a new independent director, the insurance holding company said Friday.

A Maryland Senate panel has voted against raising the state's minimum wage to $10 an hour by 2015.

Technology companies are leading the U.S. stock market lower in early trading.

Protesters have again marched in St. Louis over plans to take away health care and pension benefits for retired coal miners.

The Ohio Senate has passed a bill to require training and certification for a new group of professionals who will be available to guide consumers through the new health insurance market, known as the exchange.

New Hampshire's House is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would prohibit the state from expanding Medicaid under the federal health care law.

Senate Democrats have pushed a budget through committee that calls for roughly $1 trillion in new tax revenues over the coming decade and increases spending slightly over current projections.

Patriot Coal Corp. has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to modify collective bargaining agreements with the United Mine Workers of America, allowing the coal company to cut health care coverage for retired miners.