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Wisconsin's law taking away nearly all collective bargaining rights from most public workers was struck down Thursday by a circuit court judge but the ruling will not be the final say in the union fight that brought tens of thousands of protesters to the Capitol earlier this year.

The infrastructure for a new one-stop shop to help North Carolina residents and small businesses find affordable health insurance has passed the House despite complaints from some Democrats that it doesn't do enough to protect consumers.

An Illinois House committee has approved a measure that would abolish the worker's compensation system.

Medicaid payments to hospitals and health care providers in Oregon will be cut starting July 1 under a plan released Wednesday by lawmakers.

Jubilant Democrats demanded Republicans abandon their sweeping plans to remake Medicare on Wednesday after casting a House race in upstate New York as a referendum on the popular program and emerging victorious.

Women still outlive men, but the gender gap among U.S. seniors is narrowing.

More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks and evidence that the job market is still sluggish.

The Supreme Court has sustained Arizona's law that penalizes businesses for hiring workers who are in the United States illegally, rejecting arguments that states have no role in immigration matters.