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

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders said Monday they would revisit legislation extending unemployment benefits for about 37,000 long-term unemployed workers after handling two other financial issues, timing that would force the jobless to do without for a second week.

A majority of California voters are in favor of public-employee pension caps to help balance the state’s budget, according to a poll by The Los Angeles Times and USC.

It’s a simple, sad fact of life: Employees need to pony up more for their own health care costs.

Proposals requiring Florida state workers to contribute part of their income to their pensions are raising concerns over the effect it may have on lower-income workers.

Montana House Speaker Mike Milburn and Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that headway was being made in budget talks, but there is no deal in place yet as the governor tries to rewrite the Republican offering by Saturday.

Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced what it called its "most significant investment in overall compensation" for its employees in its history, as it jostles to keep talent from fleeing to rival technology companies like Facebook, Google Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.

North Carolina lawmakers went home for the weekend Thursday without an agreement on premiums for the health insurance plan for state workers, teachers and retirees, surpassing a deadline set by plan leaders.