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Negotiations between the state and unions representing government workers are heating up over the state's demand that employees chip in part of their health care premiums.

The federal government's systems for analyzing Medicare and Medicaid data for possible fraud are inadequate and underused, making it more difficult to detect the billions of dollars in fraudulent claims paid out each year, according to a report released Tuesday.

Lawyers representing the NFL and the players' association are meeting in New York once again to clarify the language in a potential collective bargaining agreement.

Less than two weeks before some training camps are scheduled to open, the NFL remains in labor limbo.

Starting this month, Cambridge will become what is believed to be the first municipality in the country to pay its public employees a stipend in an attempt to defray the cost of the federal tax on health benefits for their same-sex spouses.

Hiring slowed to a near-standstill last month, raising doubts that the economy will rebound in the second half of the year after a spring slump.

Job market shrinks, wellness programs expand to keep pace with employee waist lines.

Turning off the lights on Minnesota's state government isn't a money-saver. In fact, the state's six-day-old shutdown over state spending is costing it millions of dollars — a toll that will only rise the longer it lasts.