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Wisconsin's polarizing union rights law will remain on hold for at least two months after a judge Friday said she would continue a restraining order blocking its enactment while she considers whether Republicans broke the state open meetings law in passing it.

While political assaults on public employee unions in Wisconsin and other states have been grabbing the headlines, the workers' counterparts in Florida also have been under attack from the Republican-controlled Legislature.

Thousands of union coal miners and supporters from several states tried to fuel an uprising in southwestern Pennsylvania, proclaiming themselves ready to mobilize for the war they say is being waged on organized labor in the United States.

Bipartisan agreement on health care didn't last long in Colorado.

The federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business, the Justice Department said in its appeal of a ruling that struck down the Obama administration's signature legislation.

An Alaska lawmaker has dropped his bill to restrict collective bargaining rights for many public workers.